What Is Money?

What your kid learns

• We trade money for things

  People trade money for food and clothes. Toys and rides cost money, too.

• Coins and bills

  Money can be coins or bills. Coins are metal. Bills are paper.

• A fair trade

  You give money. You get a thing. Both say yes.

• Spent money moves

  After you pay, the money is the seller’s.

The story: Sam wants an apple

At a fruit stall, Sam gives the seller a coin and gets a red apple.

1. Helper: Hi there! Let’s go to the market.
2. Sam: I want an apple.
3. Seller: An apple costs one coin.
4. Sam: Here is my coin.
5. Seller: Thank you! Here is your apple.
6. Helper: Sam gave money. Sam got an apple. That is a trade!

The game: Market Stall

Help Sam trade at the market. Tap an answer.

Games use pretend money and work with taps or a keyboard. Nothing is timed.

New words

money

what we trade for things

Also called: currency

trade

I give you this, you give me that

Also called: exchange

buy

trade money for a thing

Also called: purchase

Questions at the end

• Which one is money?
• What do we trade money for?
• After you pay, whose money is it?

Remember this

Give money, get something. That’s a trade.

Talk about it

What is one thing our family traded money for this week?

Try it at home: Watch a grown-up pay

1. At a store, watch a grown-up pay.
2. What did they give? What did they get? Say it, sign it or point.

No store trip? Play store at home. Cut coin circles from paper and sell a toy.

School standards

• Grade K
• Florida standards SS.1.E.1.1 (early)
• National Standards for Personal Financial Education: Spending