FINANCIAL LITERACY ONE-STOP SHOP
Welcome to Diapers 2 Deposits, Inc.! Founded in 2016, the program aims to empower parents, homeschool families, educators, organizations, and schools with tools and strategies for financial education from early childhood ("diaper stages") through young adulthood ("first deposits"). Our financial literacy program features a comprehensive curriculum, engaging student activities, financial field trips, cross-content integration of Common Core State Standards and Financial Literacy Standards, and interactive money games. Connections to Educational Theories and Best Practices:
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F.A.S.T. Framework: Diapers 2 Deposits utilizes a teaching framework called F.A.S.T., which stands for Financial Field Trips, Practical Application & Activities, Standards, and Theories. This explicitly acknowledges the role of educational theories in their approach.
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Practical Application and Activities: The emphasis on engaging student activities and practical application aligns with experiential learning theories, such as Kolb's experiential learning cycle, which posits that learning is most effective when students actively participate and reflect on their experiences.
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Integration of Standards: The curriculum's integration of Common Core State Standards and Financial Literacy Standards demonstrates an alignment with current educational benchmarks and a commitment to providing relevant and standardized content.
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Early Intervention: The program's focus on starting financial education in early childhood aligns with the understanding that early experiences and learning lay a critical foundation for future development.
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Engaging Learning Environment: By offering money games and activities, the program aims to create a positive and engaging learning environment, which is a key element of effective pedagogy.
We train the trainer!
to educators:
If money management were easy, everyone would teach it, and the nation wouldn't be in debt. We humbly ask you to trust us to provide you with the resources and support you need to begin delivering a solid financial education instruction to your students. We offer in-person classes, virtual training, coordinate financial field trips, and virtual field trips.
You have already done enough lesson planning, and with emerging financial literacy standards, you seem to have even more to do. More importantly, we know you are on a budget and spend your money to make your classroom beautiful and welcoming to foster a learning environment. Check out our TPT account for free resources. Request our Professional Development training with your school's administration, and we will bring you the necessary resources.
To Schools, Organizations, Potential partners:
We offer high-quality financial literacy programming through a rigorous curriculum, engaging student activities, financial field trips, cross-content integration of CCSS and Financial Literacy Standards, and money games led by dedicated experts in their fields and cleared background instructors. Additionally, all instructors complete State-Mandated Reporter training courses.
We pay our instructors to arrive 15 minutes early at your site and reimburse them for any prizes they buy for participants playing our financial literacy games. We are dedicated to providing high-quality programming, including having a fantastic staff.
Our main office is in Baltimore County, MD, but we serve the nation.​ You can choose a 12, 10, or 8-week program, afterschool program, one-time pop-up session, or push-in instruction. For potential collaboration or partnerships, email Mary-Anne at mary-anne@diapers2deposits.com, Whitney at whitney@diapers2deposits.com, or by completing our form.
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