The Big Idea
To help today’s youth avoid a future where they are worried about their financial security, it is essential that kids are taught about money. Know Your Dough, Inc., provides training that specifically addresses this issue through a comprehensive financial education program for the youth of Durango.
Our customized programs are designed for students 2nd grade through Young Adult and feature: Never Too Young, Moneypalooza®, Feed The Pig®, The Money Game®, High School Financial Planning Program® (NEFE), High School Seminars, Money Habitudes®, community volunteers, guest speakers and other materials as needed. Our in-person and online programs use a combination of practical skills development, hands on learning activities and real life stories and strive to meet various learning needs.
Our customized programs are designed for students 2nd grade through Young Adult and feature: Never Too Young, Moneypalooza®, Feed The Pig®, The Money Game®, High School Financial Planning Program® (NEFE), High School Seminars, Money Habitudes®, community volunteers, guest speakers and other materials as needed. Our in-person and online programs use a combination of practical skills development, hands on learning activities and real life stories and strive to meet various learning needs.
KYD offers 3 ways to present our Financial Literacy Programs:
- In-person, in-classroom delivery by trained volunteer educators (1 week unit)
- Turn-key teacher-led audio-included program modules (1 to 2-week unit)
- Remote online interactive programs
Testimonials
"The Durango 9R district has worked with "Know Your Dough" to partner in the implementation of important, common sense financial literacy skills all students need to know and understand. This dynamic partnership has allowed our teachers to partner with local community experts to share a depth of knowledge and learning in critical life skills of managing personal finance that are relevant to students in our schools."
-Leanne Garcia, Past Director of Secondary Education and past Principal Durango High School, Durango 9R Schools
“The kids are absolutely loving this program!" program!” - Heidi Ragsdale, Riverview Elementary Teacher, referring to the new online teacher-led modules.
“Looks like they got a lot out of it with their high post-test scores!” -Sarah Rogers, Sunnyside Elementary Teacher
“In the game we learned about how to use your money wisely. What I mean by using your money wisely is you work and pay yourself first and pay your expenses. Which is what you call budgeting. If you save and you can pay all your expenses off quickly you can earn more money so you can save more money. Once you earn enough money you can invest and earn more money from your investments. Once you have enough money invested you can “win” in life by having financial freedom. Which is when your investments make more money than you pay in your expenses.”
-KC, Escalante 7th grade student, reflection after completing "The Money Game"
“In the game we learned about how to use your money wisely. What I mean by using your money wisely is you work and pay yourself first and pay your expenses. Which is what you call budgeting. If you save and you can pay all your expenses off quickly you can earn more money so you can save more money. Once you earn enough money you can invest and earn more money from your investments. Once you have enough money invested you can “win” in life by having financial freedom. Which is when your investments make more money than you pay in your expenses.”
-KC, Escalante 7th grade student, reflection after completing "The Money Game"
Kathy Wilson
Executive Director
ExecDirector@Know-Your-Dough.org
www.know-your-dough.org
970-946-9824
Executive Director
ExecDirector@Know-Your-Dough.org
www.know-your-dough.org
970-946-9824