[gcompris-devel] Introduction, and money in the game

[Bruno Coudoin]

Le mercredi 22 août 2007 à 15:22 -0700, Peter Hoff a écrit :
> With US coins the value is not always readily apparent, and so in US
> schools learning about money (at this level anyway) is much more about
> form and detail than about numbers. I think this is where my daughters
> confusion came from, since she was expecting that sort of activity,
> but was confronted with coins that were not recognizable to her. To be
> honest, those were my expectations as well, and so I then tried to
> figure out where the localization setting for money was. It honestly
> didn't occur to me to have her just focus on the numbers, though I
> guess it might have if I lived in a country that sensibly prints the
> denominations of coins in a clear, easy to understand manner.

Sure, you explain it better that I did, it's all about numbers, not
recognizing specific coins.

> I fully understand your reasons for not having a localized money game,
> I wouldn't want to deal with that mess either. I just thought I'd
> throw in my 2 cents while we were on the subject.

Yes and Euro being a brain new money, there is no (yet) inconsistencies.

Thanks for you input anyway, I now myself understand better the issue.