The school year has just begun, but we know that some of you like to plan ahead. Here is an overview of our seasonal and holiday activities, so that you can make time to add festival to your lessons.
Back to school
3 new ice breakers to start the school year
Involve students in conversation with each other and tie personal finances THREE New activities!
Halloween
Escape from the Haunted Mansion: a new Halloween activity
This Google Form Virtual Escape Room lets students solve a series of personal financial related mysteries to find the Golden Budget Book!
Scary financial statistics Posters
Decorate for a spooky season and remind your students what a treat is to follow your class.
Thanksgiving
Party and Finance: A new puzzle for Thanksgiving Picture
This activity serves a horn of abundance of image puzzles to involve and challenge students.
Project: Plan a friends dinner
Students plan a menu and make a budget for a friends dinner.
Decorate your classroom by harvesting financial wisdom
A perfect way to have a bulletin board with Thanksgiving theme and to make students think about important lessons from your class!
Holiday season
December Dash: Holiday Word Puzzle
A word that you let students move through the class to resolve instructions. This activity contains a mix of terms with regard to both personal finances and various vacation in December.
Interactive: Gifting Game Plan
Keep students busy with the run -up to the winter break with this collaboration roles about making gift decisions.
Holiday Personal Finance Posters
Decorate your classroom and inquire your students with these posters with holiday -related financial facts.
Spanish posters available here.
Super bowl
Interactive: Expenditure for the Super Bowl
The National Retail Federation has collected data about Super Bowl spending. Share the statistics in their infographic to make students think defensively to prevent too many expenses.
Valentine’s Day
Cash and Cupid: Looking for a Valentine’s Day word
Instead of looking for your only true love, why wouldn’t you look for the words of Valentine’s theme instead?
Spread love with valentines with personal financing theme!
Each of this witty Valentine’s card comes with a smart expression with a financial theme that not only brings a smile but also subtly trains.
Tax season
Tax season – Calculate: a 1040 completion
Fill in a 1040 form for people with a variety of backgrounds and personal situations (depending on independent, part-time versus full-time, etc.)
Spring break
Spring Break Sleuth
Students use instructions to solve a logical puzzle and ultimately to discover how friends Luca, Willow, Sarah and Queen spent their spring break.
Project: Plan a spring break -trip
Students work in a group to plan a university holiday and complete a budget. They will present their vacation in competition with the other groups in the class for the best trip
Financial literacy month
Financial literacy month Bingo boards
These Bingo discussion boards for financial literacy will get your students – and your entire school – enthusiastic for financial alphabetization month in April.
Posters for financial literacy month
Print posters and display with financial statistics and inspiring money quotes to help you prepare your classroom for #finlitmonth.
At the end of the year
Create: Prom Pitch Showdown
Students plan a PROM within a budget, including making decisions about ticket price, location, food and entertainment.
Project: What is your plan after high school?
Students propose a goal where they want to be at high school a year after graduating and make a timeline that identifies steps they have to take and when.
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