Fillecya (Financial Literacy) Boards adopts the idea of financial literacy education for the community, where the need for people to have better knowledge, confidence, and skills in financial management, where experts believe that financial literacy knowledge is significantly related to individual financial behavior of consumers. The important point in this research is how to teach financial literacy early on to children as the pillars of national development. One reliable alternative strategy in teaching children is through games, where children learn while playing and education will enter naturally. This research emphasizes the Fillecya Board as a medium for early financial literacy education. Scientifically, the Fillecya Board will have a positive contribution to scientific development in the field of financial literacy which is in line with the times. On the other hand, Fillecya also acts as a place for learning while playing for children and a means to train decision making. From the social aspect, fillecya will be able to increase solidarity between children and train healthy competition. By using the Research and Development research approach by using the Four-D model, namely define, design, develop and disseminate. For the first year, the results of this study show that all teachers which is this research respondent felt the need to develop financial literacy learning media. This is considered necessary because so far, the direct instruction method has not been able to make students understand about the material and need more time to achieve this learning goal. The results of this study indicate that more interactive media are needed in this study, one of which is fillecya.
Fillecya, Financial Literacy, Games, Learning Media, Children.
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Maria Emma and Sofia Anya, “A Study on Financial Literacy and Need for Financial Education”, Journal of Enterprise and Business Intelligence, vol.1, no.3, pp. 137-142, July 2021. doi: 10.53759/5181/JEBI202101015.
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