Introducing CountForward – Free Financial Literacy Games
We’re excited to announce our official launch ofCountForward by Coolmath Games, a new collection of free financial literacy games. CountForward turns concepts like earning, saving, spending, investing and protecting money into interactive experiences that users will actually want to play. Learning real life skills like taxes or investments doesn’t have to be boring!
“Now more than ever, financial literacy is essential when preparing [players] for life,” said Jonathan Keefer, our Head of Games team. Many people feel out of the loop when it comes to finances, CountForward is our proposed solution to this.
To ensure CountForward by Coolmath Games delivers meaningful learning alongside the fun, Coolmath Games is launching a teacher pilot to put the games directly into classrooms and gather critical educator feedback. Developed with educational experts and informed by state financial literacy curricula as well as the Jump$tart Coalition’s National Standards for Personal Financial Education, the games are designed to align with what students are expected to learn while making complex concepts approachable and engaging.
Teachers are invited to trial a CountForward by Coolmath Games game with their students and share feedback on learning and engagement, helping shape the future of free financial literacy education. Eligible teachers who complete the pilot will receive $200 toward their classroom. Teachers canapply to join the pilot program here.
CountForward Games
CountForward by Coolmath Games initial library of 6 games include the following, with more in development for this school year. All of these games have been meticulously tested to make sure that they are both fun and provide educational value.
Investor Tower
A platforming game where you frantically collect coins to earn money and invest them to retire early! Don't go too slow and fall off of the ladder.
Tax Season: Audit Adventure
A physical, light-hearted game where you learn all about income taxes by filing returns for a kooky cast of clients! If you like games such as Jacksmith and the Papa's Games, you'll love this.
Don't Get Duped
A choose-your-own-adventure game where you follow a young boy or girl through childhood, learning financial lessons along the way. Make smart choices and avoid getting scammed.
Slice of the Market
Half game, half-physical manipulative: you start with a small passive savings stream and must allocate it across a variety of investments to earn as much money as you can in 10 years. Double your dividends as you learn about the value of diversifying your investments over time.
Cryptid Kimber: Budget Beest
Plan and budget Kimber Wildebeest’s ultimate road trip to photograph a mythical creature! Be smart with your funds and don't blow your entire budget in one place.
Cash Clash
A multiplayer financial trivia game, perfect for classrooms. Cash Clash supports up to 50 players, enough for a giant group of people.
For 30 years, Coolmath Games has been a trusted part of classrooms across the country, helping millions of users learn, play, and have fun along the way. With more than 100 million unique U.S. users and 900 million page views over the past year, Coolmath Games has a huge reach on people who love to game.
Now, we’re putting that reach to work on something that matters in users' every day life: making financial literacy feel less like a lesson and more like a game. With CountForward, we’re bringing real-world money skills to the place students already know and love, one game at a time.