The Design and Practice of Financial Education “Karuta” Game for Preschool Children

Abstract

Although money education for preschool children has great influence on the cultivation of their view of money value, quite few teaching materials for preschool children’s money education are available at this moment. In this study, Karuta card for money education were designed, and some practices of Karuta games were 　onducted. A lot of children played the game showed many reactions during the game, including showing agreement with the contents and trying to transfer their experiences to others, and their behaviors after the game proved some influence of the contents in the Karuta. From these results, it is found that the contents having close relation to children’s experiences and teacher’s approach to children for reminding the contents after the game are quite effective. For popularization of the card game, further improvements of the contents and consideration of the method for conducting the games in kindergarten and nursery school are necessary.