One of the ways the public schools are failing our children is in the area of financial literacy. Think back to your own education, were you taught how to save and invest your money? Do your children know how to write a check or how insurance works? These skills are important for day to day life as an adult. You can find out post listing games and courses that teach financial literacy here.
Here are our book recommendations that cover these topics and much more.
Elementary to Middle School Book Recommendations
- Finance 101 for Kids Money Lessons Children Cannot Afford to Miss – an informative and entertaining book to help children get on the right path to making smart personal financial decisions.
- Investing for Kids – this engaging guide to investing for kids ages 8 to 12 covers essential information about stocks and bonds, how you can invest in them, and how they can help you build your wealth.
- Money Ninja – A comedic book about delayed gratification and money-savvy skills.
- The Bear from Jekyll Island – “The Bear from Jekyll Island” is a tool designed to assist parents in teaching children about the Federal Reserve banking system.
- Tuttle Twins’ The Creature from Jekyll Island – Join Ethan and Emily as they uncover the curious mystery of how a powerful creature is stealing their grandparents’ hard-earned savings. They discover they are also being controlled by the same creature—without even knowing it!
High School to Adult Book Recommendations
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad – explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you. There is a teen version of this book, and a guide to investing, as well.
- Think and Grow Rich – Hill draws on stories of Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and other millionaires of his generation to illustrate his principles.
- Dave Ramsey’s Complete Guide to Money -covers the A to Z of Dave’s money teachings, including how to budget, save, dump debt and invest. You’ll also learn all about insurance, mortgage options, marketing, bargain hunting and the most important element of all―giving.
If you’re looking for more financial literacy, we’ve got an entire course on it, including entrepreneurial ideas, for all members of Homeschools Connected. We will walk with you and your child step by step as they run their very own lemonade stand, create bath bombs, sell customized coffee mugs and more! You can also join us on Wednesdays in September and October as we study the world of marketing together in our LIVE classes!
Brett Pike is the Author of the Cubs to Bears book series.
He is also the creator of Classical Learner’s Homeschools Connected community & curriculum – bringing together thousands of like minded people and providing them the resources to give their kids an education worthy of freedom. You can learn more about Homeschools Connected here.