Resources To Teach Children Money Skills...and More!

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• A to Z Teacher Stuff for teachers and parents who want to teach basic money skills - http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/ A teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. Find lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more. Go to lessons on teaching money here: http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/490.shtml
  
  
• HotChalk.com - HotChalk is a learning environment for K-12 teachers, students and parents that includes a learning management system (LMS), a rich library of teacher-contributed lesson plans, premium digital content, and professional development for teachers in a Web-based environment. Available through any Internet browser, the HotChalk Learning Environment is an easy to use system and brings teachers, students and parents together to improve education. Go to their lessons plan page here: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
  
  
• Just for Teachers The SEC’s (Security and Exchange Commission) Office of Investor Education and Advocacy provides workshops and information for teachers and their students. Find out what is available by visiting: http://www.sec.gov/investor/teachers.shtml
  
  
• Kidnexions offers parents and educators the tools needed to help teach kids about money. Educator Resources Check out their free money lessons for parents and educators at: http://www.kidnexions.com/
  
  
• Kids' Money Skills Web Resources – a nice selection of articles, games and activities from a number of sources for teachers, parents and  kids. http://www.kidsmoney.org/mslist.htm
  
  
• Lesson Plan Central, an educators guides to lessons, worksheets, web links and more. Go to the Economics/Money link here: http://lessonplancentral.com/lessons/Economics/Money/index.htm
  
  
• Lesson Planet A search engine site for teachers covering a full range of teaching subjects, providing lesson plans and online worksheets. Visit: http://www.lessonplanet.com/
  
  
• Money Instructor.com  Money & Kids - Teaching and Learning Money Skills, Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Free Resources, Activities, Investing Money, Student Checking Accounts,  Finance Education, Money Worksheets
  http://www.moneyinstructor.com/kids.asp
  
  
• Money Lesson Plans  - Over 1000 lessons for math teachers! These lesson plans are for teaching all about money! www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/math/money
  
  
• Practical Money Skills for Life - For Educators
  With a diverse palette of resources - free lesson plans for all ages, free classroom materials, profiles of inspiring teachers, discussion of relevant economic topics, and more - Practical Money Skills for Life hopes to empower educators, enable student learning, and ultimately support the financial literacy necessary for success today. http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/foreducators/
  
  
• Practical Money Skills for Life - Financial Games for Kids - http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/games/
  
  
• Pure Checks.com "Economic Resources for K-12 Teachers". Thank you Mrs. Hughes at Monument Charter Schools for this excellent resource of links to many valuable sites for educators. http://www.purechecks.com/economic-resources-for-k-12-teachers.html
  
  
• Several articles on saving, budgeting, paying off a mortgage…and a couple on kids. Raising Money Smart Kids & Allowances 101. http://just-for-mom.kaboose.com/raising-money-smart-kids.html
  
  
• Six Money Skills for Kids to Master – Kipllinger.com - Managing an allowance. Saving for a goal. Comparing prices. Compounding interest, etc.http://content.kiplinger.com/columns/drt/archive/2006/dt060920.html
  
  
• Suite101.com – Money skills for kids…free lesson plans for teachers.  Kids activities…much more than just money skills on this site. http://www.suite101.com/course.cfm/18598/seminar
  
  
• Teach Kids about Money  - Teach Kids about Money at home with our Creative Cash for Kids program at: www.CreativeCashforKids.com.
  
  
• The Teachers Corner.net – lesson plans on money; but oh, so much more on this site: http://www.theteacherscorner.net/thematicunits/money.htm
  
  

• A Teens Guide To Economics and Saving Money A great selection of links aimed at the teen in regards to: employment, saving for college, budgeting, bank accounts & saving, and financial resources.

• Crayola.com - www.crayola.com has an educators link with lesson plans, coloring pages and much more.
  

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