FINFUN
Learn & Play
Learn & Play
Learn financial literacy while playing AND doing homework
How it all began
In 2022, a project named "The Fair" was launched on the private school "Happy Generation" in St. Petersburg. The children started collecting points for doing their homework, which by the end of the month were exchanged for the game currency - "Lucky Ones", with which they could buy goods at "The Fair". The goods at the fair (such as sweets and office supplies) were bought by the parents. The children had to make their own decisions about what to buy from the goods displayed. They could decide to save money or keep it in "The Bank" for the next month. The Fair took place by the end of which month.
The "FinFun" game is designed to be played throughout 4 SEMESTERS, 2 semesters per year.
Please click the here for the different participation options.
The "FinFun" game is designed to be played throughout 4 SEMESTERS, 2 semesters per year.
Please click the here for the different participation options.
Why FinFun?
There are so many reasons why you should implement it at your school. The children will learn:
- ResponsibilityChildren make their own decision to do their homework. They develop an important quality of responsibility for decision-taking.
- Value of money and hard workFrom an early age, they understand that earning means working hard. There is an awareness for the value of money.
- IndependenceInteracting with money without parental control is a step towards developing independence and the ability to make choices.
- A good connection with the teacherAs the teacher is a participant in the game, the children establish a stronger connection with her/him.
- PracticeThe game is designed to be played for 4 semesters. It is only through a systematic approach that sustainable knowledge in the field of financial literacy is formed.
What will you get from PLAYING FINFUN?
Benefits for CHILDREN:
Benefits for PARENTS:
Benefits for TEACHERS:
Benefits for HEADMASTER:
Benefits for the STATE:
- Understanding the value of money from young age
- Learning how to manage their own budget
- Training the skill of quick decision making when deciding what to buy
- Learning how to increase their own funds and what interest is.
- Learning a lot of financial terms
- Learning to assess the burden of a loan in a playful environment
- Motivation to do homework and to go to school.
- The child will be able to buy at the fair not only for himself, but also for his loved ones, thereby forming a pleasant feeling of generosity in himself
- The child's brain begins to turn on critical and CREATIVE thinking. (There are initiatives and other options for how to make money in the game)
Benefits for PARENTS:
- Cooperation instead of Confrontation - forget what it means to ask your child to do homework!
- Now you don't have to go to the stationery store - The children will buy for themselves everything they need with THEIR OWN money.
- Your child will become more independent and bolder in decision making than his peers who did not participate in the FinFun game.
- Your child will live through the game an important financial experience as a child.
- The FinFun game will bring you even closer to your child, since you are a participant in the GAME, and so on the same page.
- An interesting topic you can discuss over a family dinner.
Benefits for TEACHERS:
- The teacher gets the homework done PERFECTLY every day!
- Students will be willing to do extra homework.
- The FinFun game brings teachers and students even closer together, since the teacher is participant in the GAME as the CENTRAL BANK.
- An interesting method of teaching financial literacy will make the teaching process an exciting process not only for students, but also for the teacher.
- The skill of quick counting is trained in real practice when calculating salaries, as well as when receiving change in the store.
- The multiplication table is easy to practice when calculation the salary and adding the same numbers.
Benefits for HEADMASTER:
- Your school's rating will grow if parents know how financial literacy is taught at school
- The FinFun game will give an opportunity to communicate with other schools and organize children's conferences on financial literacy
- An interesting topic for publishing news on the school website.
- Successful fulfillment of the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard for financial literacy at school.
- NO special training is required to conduct the FinFun GAME, since during each of the four semesters, the game supervisors accompany the entire game process, starting with interaction with the parents, and ending with assistance in buying goods for the fair.
- Issuance of certificates upon completion of each semester and participation in meetings with teachers from other schools in order to share experiences.
- In some cases, meeting Ministry of Education requirements for teaching financial literacy.
Benefits for the STATE:
- Thanks to the FinFun game, children understand the value of work from an early age, forming important skills and a sense of responsibility to themselves and the state.
- They grow up to be financially savvy and successful businessmen.
- They have a positive financial mindset and are not afraid to start their own business in adulthood.
- They know how to protect and increase their own funds.
- They are NOT afraid of money and are not afraid to spend it.
- We get economically and financially literate people, which means we create a more successful society around us.
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Reviews from Parents, Teachers and Children
- An amazing financial game! My child has been waiting for a single day in a month for two years in a row (the last school day of the month) - this is the opening day of the FinFun store. It's great that children are motivated to do their homework on their own. I don't have to remind him of that.
Thank you very much Lyudmila EvgenievnaAksenova Nataliamother of student - ·The topic of financial literacy for children has been actively introduced in all educational institutions over the past decade. But the quality of this project is beyond expectation. For two years at the Happy Generation School (St. Petersburg) Lyudmila Evgenievna combined different techniques and polished her own findings in practice to teach the children reasonable financial behavior. Children love financial literacy lessons and already in the third grade have experience in earning income and investing, know about financial instruments and easily calculate the cost of goods. As a school principal, I highly recommend this project for wide implementation.Nikitina TatianaDirector of private school "Happiness education"
- My child has been studying at the Happy Generation School for the 4th year. Since the 2nd grade, our teacher has introduced a game method for studying financial literacy. Children receive salaries and spend them at the Fair. Every time a child brings home her purchases, I see incredible happiness and pride that she bought all this with her OWN money! I can feel my daughter growing up. Independence began to manifest itself in other areas of life. She has become a better student, more collected. Many thanks to Lyudmila Evgenievna for her contribution to the financial development of our children.Lunina IrinaArina's mother
- My son is already in the 6th grade of the 438 school in the village of Lisiy Nos. This year, the homeroom teacher offered to participate in the FINFUN financial literacy game. I am very glad that now the child's studies have become more interesting. I don't have to control whether he's done his homework. Every day he calculates his salary. It's great that teachers in ordinary schools bring diversity to the learning process. The main thing is that the child runs to school. Studying financial literacy, maybe my son will teach me something.Eduard Chakryanfather of student 6th grade
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