What you might need to know

This video includes AI-generated content produced under human supervision. Script by Dr Emmanuelle Schön-Quinlivan.

This lesson is about the Euro. This is not a symbol of the EU like the flag because only 21 out of the 27 countries in the club use the Euro as their currency.

Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Hungary, Czechia and Romania do not use the Euro. Some countries have decided not to use it like Denmark or Sweden and some countries do not meet the minimum economic criteria to use it like Romania.

The Euro and cent coins are all identical on the face which has the monetary value with a map of the EU, the amount and the 12 stars from the flag. The tail side has the symbol of one of the countries of the Eurozone.

Some children believe they can only spend a Euro with a harp in Ireland so it’s good to clarify that you can use any Euro no matter the symbol at the back in all the countries using the Euro.

The game in this lesson is about playing shop. It is about getting the children to choose to go either to the French toy shop where they can spend their Euro without changing them or go to the Copenhagen toy shop.

However, in Copenhagen, they have to go to the bank to change their Euro into Kroner because Denmark uses Kroner and not the Euro. This allows you to bring very simple French words like Bonjour and Merci. The MFL module doesn’t apply to them but it reminds them of linguistic diversity in the EU.

The children usually really enjoy picking their toy and paying for it with fake money. It also gets them to use their mathematical skills with very easy, round numbers. It is a very popular activity!