Color Accounting for the classroom

Bring financial literacy to life. Empower your students with an intuitive, visual approach that replaces rote memorization with deep, lasting understanding.
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The Color AccountingTM Learning System

Start using Color Accounting in your middle or high school by accessing materials for your classroom.

To meet the evolving needs of you and your students, we offer:
  • a library of learning resources
  • monthly webinars
  • discounted and free student materials
  • a welcoming and supportive teacher community
  • continuing education events and credits

Why it works

The hands-on props and visual explanations grab the students’ attention.

EASY TO IMPLEMENT

Utilizes a powerful one-page diagram to map out complex concepts instantly. Deliberate and precise plain-language avoids the confusion that jargon causes. Step-by-step explanatory sequences are simple to follow.

sIMPLE CURRICULUM

Cuts through the noise to cover the absolute essentials clearly: balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow. Simplicity is a core value of Color Accounting.

Visually Intuitive

Color coding is a natural human skill. Shapes and connectors make logic obvious, like how profit is calculated. The accounting entity is distinctly separate from its shareholders and creditors, as it should be.

Engaging Content

Students love unpacking the optional physical materials. Shapes, colors, and tactile materials and designs draw the them in. By using simple scenarios, powerful concepts are revealed with ease. Translating financial statements into stories hold students' attention.

Logical Approach

The two- and three-dimensional representation makes sense. Rote learning is replaced with logic. Color is used to represent relationships. The graphical trial balance is always in view, along with the balance sheet and income statement. The cash flow statement is presented in an easy to see way. The drivers of cash flow are clear to follow.

Solid Foundations

Foundation-first is a driving principle of Color Accounting. Accounting informs finance, which in turn informs business. We start at the start. We begin with no assumptions. Explanations build up from the five fundamental elements of accounting and finance, which we call RELAX.

Loved by teachers 

See what teachers are saying about the impact of Color Accounting in their classrooms.
Concepts that my students struggled with became clear when I started using the Color Accounting Learning System. They found the classes fun, interactive and relevant, and their attitudes changed. With the CALS system diagrams and color-coding they could see the big-picture impact of financial decisions on a business. My enrolment increased and their exam results were extraordinary. 
Anne Kriel, Teacher
Since discovering Color Accounting in 2018, it has been a game changer for my students, not only in Accounting but also Personal Finance and my Intro to Business classes.
Sean Crevier, Education Consultant and Curriculum Specialist
Joining the Color Accounting community has given me a group of like-minded people to share the challenges and wins of teaching.  Getting certified was one of the best moves I made last year.
Alice Viljoen, Teacher

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The approach is effective
The hands-on props and visual explanations grab the students’ attention.

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Loved by teachers 

See what teachers are saying about the impact of Color Accounting in their classrooms.
Concepts that my students struggled with became clear when I started using the Color Accounting Learning System.  They found the classes fun, interactive and relevant, and their attitudes changed. With the CALS system diagrams and colour-coding they could see the big-picture  impact of financial decisions on a business. My enrolment increased and their exam results were extraordinary. 
Anne Kriel, Hilton College

Since discovering Color Accounting in 2018, it has been a game changer for my students, not only in Accounting but also Personal Finance and my Intro to Business classes.

Sean Crevier, Vernon Hills High School

Joining the Color Accounting community has given me a group of like-minded people to share the challenges and wins of teaching.  Getting certified was one of the best moves I made last year.

Alice Viljoen, St Andrew’s School for Girls

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Use our system in your classroom

Improve learning outcomes by incorporating Color Accounting, content and tools into your teaching.

  1. Access the free Teacher Resource Center.
  2. Schedule your Level 1 teacher accreditation for continuing education credits.
  3. Order and use the materials, exercises and lesson plans.
  4. Accelerate and enrich your students’ learning.
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Want to know more about our learning materials and courses?

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