• What Public School Skips

    Most teens graduate without ever seeing a W-4, a credit report, or an insurance policy. Twelve years of school, zero classes on the money decisions waiting at the exit.

  • What Life Requires

    Reading a pay stub. Keeping an account out of the red. Knowing what a credit score measures — the things most adults learned through expensive mistakes.

  • What We Teach

    All of it — in five short, open-and-go courses. Built to fulfill state graduation elective requirements, with certificates included.

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FAQ

  • Why only 5 courses? Other finance curriculums run a full year.

    Because your teen doesn't need 180 days of theory — they need to be ready for their first paycheck, their first bank account, their first credit card, and their first tax return. The Big 5 covers budgeting, credit, investing, insurance, and taxes with the academic padding cut out and the real mechanics kept in: actual numbers, actual forms, actual math. Five focused courses your student will actually finish beats a doorstop curriculum gathering dust on the shelf.

  • We have more than one student. Do we need to buy the course again?

    No — one purchase covers your whole family. Just email us at [email protected] with each additional student's name and email, and we'll enroll them at no charge. Each student gets their own account, their own progress, and their own certificate.

  • What exactly is included in each course?

    Every course — whether you buy one topic or the full Big 5 bundle — includes the online reading lessons, a quiz after each lesson, an open-and-go printable workbook with vocabulary and bonus worksheets, a 15-question unit test, full answer keys for parents, and a printable certificate when your student passes. One purchase, everything included — no upsells hiding inside.

  • What grades are these courses for?

    Every course is written for grades 8–12. Younger students (8th–10th) may want to read the lessons with you; older teens can run a full course solo — and the bonus worksheets in the open-and-go workbooks give your 11th and 12th graders a real challenge. If your student is about to earn their first paycheck, open their first account, or drive their first car, they're ready.

  • How long does each course take?

    As long as you want it to — that's the point. Every course in the Big 5 is built as a one-week unit: one short reading lesson a day, then the unit test on day five. But there's no timer on anything. A motivated teen can finish a course's lessons in a couple of sittings, or you can stretch it to one lesson a week over a month. Add the printable workbook alongside the online lessons and a single course becomes a meatier unit study with vocabulary and bonus worksheets. Fast pass or deep dive — the certificate is earned by passing the unit test, whenever that happens.

  • Do I need to know personal finance myself to teach these courses?

    Nope. Every course is truly open-and-go: the lessons do the teaching, the quizzes do the checking, and full answer keys are included for every quiz, worksheet, and test. You don't prep, you don't lecture, and you don't need to explain what FICA means at the breakfast table. (Though fair warning — you might learn a few things you wish someone had taught you at 16.)

  • Whose name should the account be in?

    Your student's — the name on the account is the name printed on the certificate. You can still pay with your own card.

  • The certificate shows the wrong name (or the wrong student). Can it be fixed?

    Yes. If your student hasn't finished the course yet, just update the name under My Account and the certificate will print correctly. Already issued? Email us at [email protected] and we'll reissue it with the correct name.