MoneyY-ZER Youth Learning Series
Empowering youth with the financial know-how to be MoneyY-ZER.
MoneyY-ZER: Youth Financial Workshops
MoneyY-Zer is PACU Youth Program’s financial learning series where children and teens in grades K-12 take a financial journey to learn how and why to save, budget, manage and invest money, and avoid frauds, scams and predatory lending practices in the future.
Fun, Free Activities
Our carefully curated curriculum is beneficial in boosting your children’s financial education, but it’s also free!
Want to host a MoneyY-ZER Youth Lesson at your child’s school or community group? Fill out the contact form at the bottom of this page or email lcarroll@pacu.com.
Flexible to Meet Your Child’s Needs
Depending on age group and location, our MoneyY-ZER Youth Lessons and activities can vary in length and topics to best covers areas you and your teen would like to learn more about.
Activities typically range from 20 to 25 minutes for children and 40 to 60 minutes for teens.
The Paycheck
The Paycheck is an interactive financial education simulation for middle and high school students because real money isn’t a game.
Students are assigned a personal profile detailing their occupation, education level, income, marital status, and credit standing. They then visit stations that highlight challenges faced due to poor financial decisions made early in life.
Youth Lesson Plans
Grades K-2
- Counting Coins
- Learn to Earn
- Weighing Needs and Wants
- Ready, Set, Goal!
- Super Savers
Grades 3-5
- Money Matters
- Get Set for Goals
- Make a Plan
- Save Your Money
- Career Choices
Grades 6-8
- Designing Dreams
- Bread and Butter
- Go with the Flow
- How to Stash Your Cash
- Give Credit Where Credit is Due
Grades 9-12
- Working Hard
- The Almighty Dollar?
- Convertible or Clunker?
- Halls of Knowledge
- Homeownership versus Renting
Want to Schedule a Lesson?
If you are ready to schedule a workshop or activity for your students or request our Mascot’s presence at your next event/pep rally, fill out the form below, and we will contact you as soon as possible.
Boost Your Child’s Financial Literacy with MoneyY-ZER
From age-appropriate activities to blogs explaining the most important financial tips to help your child, MoneyY-ZER has everything you need to ensure your child is financially responsible and ready for their future.
Headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and founded in 1949 within the aviation industry, Piedmont Advantage Credit Union (PACU) serves member-owners, who reside, work, worship, attend school or operate a business in one of the six counties it serves in North Carolina or who are employed by one of its many employer companies. These six counties are Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Iredell, Mecklenburg and Rockingham.