Real life just for kids at King David Victory Park
VICTORY PARK – The school adapted a game to their teaching that makes learning about facets such as taxes and interest rates really fun.
How many times have you found yourself thinking, ‘I wish they had taught me that in school’?
For many in our communities, this is a thought that plagues us all too often. How better equipped we would be to tackle ‘adulting’ if some of the basics were covered. Would you have transitioned into adulthood more intrepidly and remained so dauntless if you would have known the importance of good credit, what bond repayments are, and why paying your taxes is a must?
Yes, these aren’t the only features in adulthood but being introduced to concepts of this nature could arguably assist in making you one more financially savvy. Well, the kids over at King David Victory Park are learning exactly that through a concept they understand very well, a game. Called Real Life 4 Kids, this game is described as a three-dimensional life skills programme for children aged 10 to 13 which allows children to open bank accounts, earn a salary and interest, purchase land, build a home, own a business, build various city contracts and get a snapshot of what awaits them in real life.
Grade 5 learner Demi Cohen shared that she learned tenders are actually something given by the government, “I never knew this before that the government gives you the tender and that is why you have to very careful with how you spend it,” she explained.
Fellow learner Maya Roth said she learned the importance of saving and spending money – after building her house, a natural disaster took place and she had to rebuild her house. “This is why having insurance is so important so that you have the money should this happen.”
The general consensus among the children is they never realised just how much goes into what their parents do for them. “As a child you just want your parents to buy you this and that and through this game, I learned not to complain a lot about me not getting a lot of things because they have to buy food, pay taxes and I appreciate more of what I have got,” concluded Safriel Ndzingani.
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