Building Financial Futures: Hands-On K–5 Personal Finance with LEGO® Bricks
Discover how play-based, brick-building challenges make financial literacy tangible and actionable for K–5 students. In this interactive session, educators will learn how to seamlessly integrate LEGO® brick challenges—from budgeting and opportunity cost to entrepreneurship and investing—directly with Pennsylvania’s Personal Finance Standards and Grade-Level Competencies. Through hands-on STEM collaboration and real-world problem-solving, you will gain practical, classroom-ready strategies to move financial concepts off the worksheet and onto students’ desks.
Cost: Free
Act 48: Hours - 5
Intended Audience: K-5 educators
This workshop is going to be offered 3 times:
Wednesday, September 30th, 2026
Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
Monday, November 9th, 2026
Phase 1 Schools due March 31, 2027
Avella Area SD
Bethlehem Center SD
Brownsville Area SD
California Area SD
Carmichaels Area SD
Central Greene SD
Connellsville Area Career & Technical Center
Connellsville Area SD
Jefferson-Morgan SD
Southeastern Greene SD
West Greene SD
Presenters
Paige Penrod - Teacher Created Materials
Jack Goins/Isaac Zefo - Pathway2Careers