LAKE MARY, Fla.–Addition Financial Credit Union has joined with three other partners to launch a financial literacy program for preschools.
In all, students in 15 voluntary pre-kindergarten classrooms in the Orange County School District will receive education in becoming “savvy savers and strategic spenders,” the $2.81-billion credit union said.
The program, called “Adding FUNdamentals – A Financial Literacy Program for Preschools,” is a first of its kind in the Orlando area and will use specialized curriculum to teach five 30-minute lessons focused on choices, needs versus wants, and giving to a worthy cause, Addition Financial said.
The five lessons are:
- This or That? Make a Choice
- Do I Need What I Want?
- A Penny Earned
- A Penny Saved
- A Penny Shared
‘Foundational Lesson’
“Bringing financial education and success to everyone is our mission at Addition Financial Credit Union, and no better time to start than when children begin their education journey,” said Kevin Dougherty, COO of Addition Financial Credit Union and board member of Early Learning Coalition of Orange County. “We hope providing basics about how we use money, even at a young age, can become as foundational a lesson for young students as learning their numbers and ABC’s.”
The Partners
Addition Financial and Orange County Schools are partnering with Early Learning Coalition of Orange County (ELCOC) and Junior Achievement on the program in which 15 voluntary pre-kindergarten classrooms in eight Orange County Public schools have received playhouses, best known as credit union “branches.”
The pre-kindergarten students will learn how to count money, manage a cash register and exchange play money for goods rendered in the Addition Financial Credit Union “branches.”
The ELCOC secured funding to provide actual items for purchase, the credit union reported.
In addition to the playhouses, cash registers, play money and goods for purchase, ELCOC, JA and Addition Financial provided students with new backpacks filled with school supplies.
Ribbon-Cutting Held
Delegates from OCPS, ELCOC, JA and Addition Financial kicked off the new program at Washington Shores Primary Learning with a ribbon cutting ceremony and walk through of a classroom with a “branch” to “witness the magic of learning through play.”
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