JA Our Families® introduces first graders to financial literacy and work and career readiness through exploring the roles and responsibilities of family members and how families work together to meet needs and wants. Students learn about the importance of jobs, money, and decision-making through fun stories, discussions, and hands-on activities, including a new design-and-build STEM session where they create and build tools to solve daily challenges. They begin to see how families are the building blocks of their community.
Following participation in the program, students will be able to:
-- Identify how everyone, including them, helps in a family.
-- Describe how families make money choices by considering what they spend on needs and wants, and what they choose to save.
-- Explain how jobs help provide goods and services for a family.
JA Our Families is recommended for students in first grade. The learning experience offers flexible implementation options to meet the needs of students and teachers in a variety of use cases. It includes five 30-minute sessions, with additional extended learning activities and optional digital assets offered throughout. Spanish translation is available for JA Our Families.
JA Learning Experiences support national and state standards in reading, mathematics, social studies, work and career readiness. Please see below for more information on alignment with national and state standards.
Following participation in the program, students will be able to:
-- Identify how everyone, including them, helps in a family.
-- Describe how families make money choices by considering what they spend on needs and wants, and what they choose to save.
-- Explain how jobs help provide goods and services for a family.
JA Our Families is recommended for students in first grade. The learning experience offers flexible implementation options to meet the needs of students and teachers in a variety of use cases. It includes five 30-minute sessions, with additional extended learning activities and optional digital assets offered throughout. Spanish translation is available for JA Our Families.
JA Learning Experiences support national and state standards in reading, mathematics, social studies, work and career readiness. Please see below for more information on alignment with national and state standards.
JA Program Details
Implementation Options:
Classroom Based
After School
After School
JA Focus:
Financial Literacy
Moderate Financial Literacy
Entrepreneurship
High Entrepreneurship
Work Readiness
Moderate Work Readiness
Virtual Implementation
Remote classroom is available for JA Our Families.Program Resources
- Descripción General de la Experiencia de Aprendizaje JA Our Families
- Descripción General de la Experiencia de Aprendizaje JA Our Families JAID
- Download: Resumen de la Experiencia de Aprendizaje JA Our Families
- JA Our Families JA in a Day Learning Experience Brief
- JA Our Families JA in a Day Learning Experience Overview
- JA Our Families Learning Experience Brief
- JA Our Families Learning Experience Overview
- JA Resource Center for Volunteers and Educators
- Resumen de la Experiencia de Aprendizaje JA Our Families JAID
- STEM Guide for JA Learning Experiences
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