Money skills for real life.
Free, bite-sized lessons on budgeting, saving, credit, and more — with interactive calculators, quizzes, and printable activities. No account needed.
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Start at eighteen with $900 and a phone. Thirty squares later, you retire. In between: student loans, a 24% credit card, a layoff, a mortgage, and a market that does not care how you feel. Play solo against AI rivals or pass the device with friends.
- Squares30
- Decision cards46
- Life stages5
- Players1–4
- One run12–15 min
Coin Quest
The younger sibling of Money Life. Keep a tiny shop, catch coins, serve customers, and shrink the Spending Monster with every wise choice. Five worlds in about ten minutes.
- Worlds5
- Final bossSpending Monster
- One run~10 min
Explore financial topics
Each lesson has a short reading, flashcards, a hands-on tool, a quiz, and a printable activity.
Budgeting
Give each dollar a purpose and make tradeoffs with confidence.
Everyday moneySaving
Turn a goal into a savings plan with small, realistic steps.
Saving & borrowingInterest & compound interest
See how time, rate, and compounding affect a balance.
BorrowingCredit scores & reports
Learn what credit reports describe and how scores are used.
BorrowingDebt & borrowing
Compare borrowing costs, repayment terms, and tradeoffs.
Building wealthInvesting fundamentals
Explore risk, diversification, and long-term uncertainty.
Run the numbers
See how real choices play out with your own numbers.
50/30/20 budget planner
Split take-home pay into needs, wants, and savings and see how your plan compares.
ToolSavings goal timer
Find out how long it takes to reach a goal and what to save each week.
ToolCompound interest explorer
Watch a balance grow year by year with deposits and compounding.
Build a hands-on money learning center
Plan physical kits that pair with these free lessons — choose topics, estimate costs, and print QR codes that link patrons to each lesson.