📣 New: Financial Literacy Roadmaps To Help Teach Kids About Money!


Hello Reader,

🎉 Calling all educators, parents, and parent figures!

We’re excited to introduce our new "Financial Literacy Roadmaps for Teaching Kids About Money" - practical, age-appropriate teaching tools designed to help kids build real-world money confidence early.

(If you haven't already, check out our financial roadmap for adults!)

Each roadmap follows a 6–8 week structure and is flexible enough for classrooms, small groups, or home learning.

Here’s what you can download and use right away:

1. Elementary school roadmap (ages 8–11)
This teaching unit covers saving, spending, earning, and needs vs. wants with discussion prompts and simple activities.

2. Middle school roadmap (ages 12–14)
This unit is focused on budgeting basics, goal-setting, mindful spending, and early money decisions.

3. High school roadmap (ages 15–18)
This unit is centered on real-world skills and covers real-world skills like budgeting a paycheck, investing, and preparing for adulthood.

4. The Clever Girl Finance teachers guide
Suggested talking points, age-appropriate activities, and guidance to help adults confidently teach money concepts.

Each roadmap is designed to be simple, flexible, and easy to implement, whether you’re teaching weekly lessons or adapting the material to fit your own schedule.

Let’s empower the next generation to build confident, informed money habits.

With love,
Bola ❤️

Clever Girl Finance

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