I had the privilege to teach an in-person Investing lesson to some San Francisco Public School students. We did PLAY: Roll with the Market, and it was hands down the most work-related fun I had in the month of April. If class is still in session, write it (or another PLAY) into your lesson plan, ASAP.

Choose PLAY: Budget Frenzy if you want something low lift and fast paced, without requiring a ton of content knowledge. This one was a FinCamp favorite from last year.

Choose PLAY: Guess How Much Is In The Jar from an Investing or a Behavioral Economics lens, and if your students would love for you to divvy up a jar full of candies at the end (optional). Summer and sugar might be the perfect pair!

If your students will love debating whether finance moves are legal or illegal, consider PLAY: Insider Trading Shenanigans or PLAY: Tax Avoidance or Evasion? Some prior knowledge required for both.

A former high school principal, I stand by the need to be academically enriching, even in the last weeks of school.

With any of the NGPF PLAY activities, you’ll:

• hit some personal finance standards,
• have students laughing and chatting rather than complaining,
• be applauded by students and administrators alike!

Check out the entire PLAYlist if you need even more days of fun as you round out the spring or (gulp) plan for next fall!

Join our upcoming Virtual PD session to learn more about PLAY activities and get valuable teacher tips for the classroom.

REGISTER for Let's PLAY: Activities to Make Finance Fun!

Tuesday, July 1 | 7am PT / 10am ET 

About the Author

Jessica Endlich

When I started working at Next Gen Personal Finance, it's as though my undergraduate degree in finance, followed by ten years as an educator in an NYC public high school, suddenly all made sense.

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