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Financial Literacy Month · April 2027

The April Challenge. Two minutes a day.

Financial Literacy Month is every April. This year, make it a challenge: one money question on the classroom screen every school day, a live map of classrooms across the country, and a finale where students run their own week of money in The $100 Week™. Free for every K–12 class.

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Financial Literacy Month · 22 school days · 2 minutes a day

How it works

Set up in one minute. Run it in two.

1

Sign up your class

Name, school, grade band and class size. Your state lights up on the map. No student information, ever.

2

Open the screen each morning

wealthwisekids.org/april opens on today's question, one for K–5 and one for 6–12, with a two-minute activity and a timer.

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Finish with The $100 Week™

The last week, students play the free five-day money game. On April 30, print your class certificate.

The month

Four themes, one habit at a time.

Kickoff · Apr 1–2
Start
Two days to learn the routine.
What is money for? · The two-minute promise
Week 1 · Apr 5–9
Choose
Every money skill starts with a choice between two things.
Need or want? · Only enough for one · The waiting shelf · What the store wants · The best choice this week
Week 2 · Apr 12–16
Plan
A plan is a decision made before the money arrives.
Tell your money where to go · A goal you can see · The surprise cost · Time is the secret ingredient · Check the plan
Week 3 · Apr 19–23
Earn & Share
Where money comes from, and where it can go to help.
Where money comes from · The real paycheck · Bring a banker · Money that helps · Ask at home
Week 4 · Apr 26–30
The $100 Week™
Five days of real choices with their own money to manage.
Play Day 1 to Day 5 of the game, one a day · Print the class certificate on April 30
The April Challenge wall poster: an April 2027 calendar with each school day's question and a circle to color in

The wall poster

Put April on the wall. Color in every day.

All 22 days on one page, each with its question and a circle the class colors in when the day is done. A QR code opens today’s question from any phone. Print it on letter paper, or send the large version to a print shop.

Download · Letter (PDF) ↓18×24 for a print shop ↓

The classroom screen

Readable from the back row. Ready at 8 a.m.

Put it on the board and press start. Arrow keys change the day, one tap switches between the K–5 and 6–12 question, and the two-minute timer keeps it to two minutes.

The April Challenge · Day 3 of 22
Week 1 · Choose
Is a coat a need or a want? What about a fifth coat?
Start 2:00 timer
Open the classroom screen and try it →

Classrooms taking the challenge

Put your state on the map.

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Updates live as classrooms sign up. Only totals by state are shown; no school, teacher or student is ever listed.

Sign up

Reserve your class’s spot for April 2027.

It takes a minute. We’ll send a reminder in March with everything you need for April 1.

Free. We never ask for student names or information.

For banks and credit unions

Present the challenge in your county.

April is when community banks and credit unions show up for local schools. Sponsor the April Challenge in your county: your name on the classroom screen and the certificates, and a report after April showing the classrooms, schools and students reached, broken out by county.

How sponsorship works →
  • Presented by
    Your name on the classroom screen every day of April in your county's classrooms.
  • Reach report
    Classrooms, schools and students reached, by county, delivered in May.
  • Your people in the room
    A ready-made Teach Children to Save Day visit for your staff in the third week.
  • Measured, if you want it
    Add the FLIQ Score™ cohort report to show what changed in how students decide.

About Financial Literacy Month

Where April came from.

It started as a single Youth Financial Literacy Day, created by the National Endowment for Financial Education and later handed to the Jump$tart Coalition, which expanded it to the whole of April in 2000. In 2004 the U.S. Senate passed Senate Resolution 316 designating April as Financial Literacy Month, and Congress has recognized it with resolutions most years since.

New to the topic? Start with our guide to financial literacy for kids, or print one of the free worksheets.

Dates worth knowing

  1. Mid-March
    Global Money Week
    OECD's international week of youth money activities. The 2026 edition ran March 16 to 22.
  2. April 1–30
    Financial Literacy Month
    The U.S. month for financial education, led by the Jump$tart Coalition. The April Challenge runs all 22 school days.
  3. Late April
    Teach Children to Save Day
    The American Bankers Association Foundation's day for bankers in K–8 classrooms. In 2026 it fell on April 23.

Questions

Before you sign up

When is Financial Literacy Month?

Every April in the United States. The 2027 challenge runs on the 22 school days from Thursday, April 1 to Friday, April 30.

Is the April Challenge really free?

Yes, for every classroom, school and program. Sign-up asks for the adult's name, school and class size. We never ask for student names or any student information.

What does a teacher have to do?

Open wealthwisekids.org/april on the classroom screen each day. It opens on today's question, with a version for grades K–5 and one for 6–12, a two-minute activity and a timer. That's the whole setup.

What happens in the last week?

Students play The $100 Week™, a free five-day money game in the browser, one day at a time. On April 30 you print a certificate for the class.

Why is April Financial Literacy Month?

It grew out of a single Youth Financial Literacy Day. The Jump$tart Coalition expanded it to all of April in 2000, and in 2004 the U.S. Senate passed Resolution 316 designating April as Financial Literacy Month. Congress has recognized it with resolutions most years since.

Is there a youth financial literacy month?

The month began as Financial Literacy for Youth Month, and schools still mostly use it that way. April is now Financial Literacy Month for all ages.

Can a bank or credit union sponsor the challenge in our area?

Yes. A sponsor presents the challenge in its county and receives a report of classrooms, schools and students reached. See the section for banks and credit unions above.

Twenty-two mornings. One habit that lasts.

Free for every classroom. Sign up now and we’ll have everything ready for April 1.

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