1st International Conference In Education, Science And Technology Empowerment of Global Society in Education, Science and Technology 495 The Importance Of Early Introduction To Economic Education Materials In Elementary School Children Saputra Mahardika Editya a* , Usep Supriatna b ,a,b Universitas PGRI Ronggolawe, Tuban, Indonesia * e-mail address: saputrame.editya@gmail.com Abstract Regarding the importance of the early introduction of economic education materials for elementary school-aged children. Financial literacy education is needed to educate people to be aware and understand how to manage finances wisely and according to their needs. Inculcating the value of financial literacy as early as possible in children will greatly affect the understanding and knowledge of financial literacy and the level of welfare in the future. The cognitive characteristics of children who are still concrete and still in the development stage are very effective in instilling the value of financial literacy. The family, which is the first community, is a place to instill the very effective values of financial literacy. The role of schools is also very important in providing knowledge about financial literacy education to children. Through basic understanding, career learning, and the development of basic skills or skills as a provision for future careers, it can be simply applied in integrated learning and made as concrete as possible according to children's thinking. Keyword: Financial literacy education, early childhood 1. Introduction Children's age is the right age to teach financial discipline from an early age because habits from childhood tend to be carried over to big. This financial discipline will certainly be useful when they mature and enter society. The habituation of children to good economic behavior from an early age aims to enable children to behave rationally in various problems so that economic education not only teaches how to spend value for goods and services but also teaches how to manage money and services. make choices taking into account the economic resources they have. In understanding and giving examples of good economic behavior or economic literacy, it should start from the family environment. This is because the family is the first place for children to get character education and attitudes that are formed through interactions with family members. The involvement of nonliterate children in increasingly complex financial products will put them at risk of losing money and using it unnecessarily out of ignorance. On the other hand, there are many positive sides to being literate. According to Cole et al (2009), financial literacy programs can be a cure for various diseases associated with the financial crisis. Some of the positive sides for those who have a high level of financial