About Moneyville
Moneyville is an educational universe that is free for anybody to use. It has been developed for children between the ages of 5-9 in mind, but children both younger and older will also enjoy exploring it.
Through games, play and activity your child will learn what money is and what its value means. He or she will also be introduced to the difference between income and expenses – to earn money and to spend money.
Moneyville gives you as a parent an easy, entertaining and alternative way to talk to your child about money.
Developed in collaboration with experts
Moneyville has been developed in collaboration with leading experts from four different fields that are relevant to e-learning. The aim is to use experts as a sounding board and to validate our choices, so that you can be sure that your child has the best possible material with which to work.
The game has been developed in consultation with media experts, child psychologists, online media experts and representatives from teaching organisations. In Ireland these experts included:
• Simon Grehan, National Centre for Technology in Education
• Therese Dooley, St Patricks College of Education, Dublin
• David Dunne, CEO MediaForum
Moneyville is developed by Danske Bank.
Moneyville is a part of Danske Bank’s Financial Literacy Program. The basis of the program is a belief that a higher level of financial literacy and education not only enriches the life of the individual but also contributes to healthy economic growth in the society. The Financial Literacy Program is designed for children, young people, parents and teachers with the aim of preparing the ground for a healthy financial start to adult life. Since the launch of Moneyville in 2008, Danske Bank has expanded the Financial Literacy Program with several initiatives for the 5-27-year-olds including Control Your Money, an interactive website aimed at 10-15 year olds, Dream On, a social game for the 15-17 year-olds, Mind Your Money, an advisory website for young people and “0-18″, a website for parents about children and money.
The activities in Moneyville are easy to understand, even for the youngest child.
The Moneyville universe is free and requires no involvement with or association to Danske Bank. In addition, Moneyville is entirely free of marketing, logos, colour schemes or anything that could be associated with the Danske Bank Group.
