Homeschool Money Management Programs
As a homeschool teacher, parents are responsible for both academic and life skill subjects. Money management is an important life skill that children must learn in order to function successfully in society. Finding the perfect curriculum for money management can prove difficult depending on your family's money management history. Whether you run a secular or religious homeschool, you should pick a curriculum that aligns with your personal beliefs about money.
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Money Smart
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Money Smart is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's money management curriculum for young adults. The free program meets the scope and sequence requirements for all 50 states. Meeting these requirements allows homeschoolers with reporting and approval requirements, the ability to incorporate the program for educational credit. The eight modules that make up Money Smart take between 90 and 110 minutes to complete. The content is arranged so you can teach each module over a number of lessons or all at once. Topics include how to use a bank, introduction to credit, keeping a checking account, credit cards, money management, installment loans, savings and making decisions on mortgages and rentals.
Practical Money Skills
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The Practical Money Skills website offers a money management curriculum for children from preschool through high school. Homeschool instructors can download lessons and games designed to teach money management. Games such as Financial Football and Financial Soccer teach students important money skills with a sports theme. Practical Money Skills also offers a Money 101 workbook, power point and flash presentation along with a presenters guide for helping college-bound students understand responsible money management. Homeschool families with special needs children will find a money management program geared towards them, something not often found with other programs.
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Financial Peace Jr.
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The children's version of Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace, Financial Peace Jr., offers a way for parents to teach children between the ages of 3 and 12 how to budget and manage money from an early age. The program teaches the value of money through working by having parents pay for extra jobs around the house that are age appropriate. Kids take the money they earn and are taught to save a portion, give a portion to church or charity and are allowed to spend a portion. The program comes with everything needed to begin teaching except the jobs and money. The teaching guide helps parents determine appropriate pay for jobs done.
Foundations in Personal Finance
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Foundations in Personal Finance is a homeschool program written by Dave Ramsey. Ramsey's program has a Biblical undertone similar to his books. The program meets both national and state standards for high school curriculum. The student workbook is 224-pages long and includes financial forms and worksheets plus a glossary of terms your student should learn. The program also includes four DVDs and a teacher's guide CD-ROM. Homeschool families with multiple high school aged children can purchase extra student workbooks separately.
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