Minyanville Publishing and Multimedia, a financial media company, has partnered with Kaboose, an online family-oriented portal, to launch MinyanLand— the first free financial virtual community to teach kids and their families the fundamentals of finance.
With the current economic uncertainty affecting the financial health of millions around the world, this immersive community uses educational games and an economy simulating the real world to teach kids – at a very early age – the four cornerstones of finance – earning, saving, spending and giving.
Visitors can create a personalized MinyanLand “Critter†and are set up with a home and bank account with $5,000 in MinyanMoney. Kids can work to earn more, invest, shop and re-locate to new neighborhoods just as in a real economy. As a special launch promotion, the first 50,000 registrants will get $50,000 in MinyanMoney to start the game.
Originally posted on February 16, 2008 @ 12:37 pm