The Networthy Blog
Practical guides on raising money-smart kids, from the team building the K-5 financial literacy curriculum.
Why Financial Literacy Should Start in Elementary School
Money habits form by age 7. The first personal finance class usually comes at 16 or 17. What the research says about that decade-long gap, and how the standards are finally catching up.
What Should a 5th Grader Know About Money?
An eight-part checklist of the money skills a 10-year-old can genuinely master, from needs vs. wants to running a real tiny business, plus what they don't need yet.
Also on the site: The Research on Kids and Money, our sourced compilation of every major study on children and financial literacy. Free to cite and link.