Bank Account Board Game: Personal Financial Literacy Activity for Grades 3-6

Who says financial literacy is boring!?

• This fun, personal financial literacy lesson teaches grade 3-6 (or special education) students about spending and saving money from a bank account.

• It is a great way to practice lots of addition and subtraction of numbers up to 4 digits.

How to Use:

• Go through the 2-page handout to teach students about bank account vocabulary: deposit, withdraw, balance, debit card, cheque, and ATM. They can complete the activities on the worksheets to support comprehension.

• Print a board for each group of 2-4 students. Have a six-sided die to go with each board.

• Each student needs something to use as a counter on the board.

• Students roll and play the game, keeping track of how their bank account balance rises and falls based on the realistic events on the board (for example: deposit a pay cheque +$525 or join a gym -$90). They can use paper or a mini whiteboard to keep score. They will be doing so much math practice as they update their bank balance every turn.

• The game is designed to keep a positive balance, but an occasional unlucky streak of rolls could result in a negative balance. You could introduce integers here OR just say the player can’t buy that item or pay that bill.

• The winner has the most money at the end of the game.

What's Included:

4 Page PDF: ready to print!

Teacher Instructions

2 Page Worksheet about Bank Accounts

1 Page Game Board