Looking After Money
Keeping money safe; not losing coins or notes; understanding that money has real value and should be treated carefully; basic money responsibility
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Teaching Table
Set out your lesson
Plan simple ways to keep money safe without disclosing real holdings.
Ask for an example of one prerequisite idea; revisit if needed. Historical graph coverage does not establish this learner’s readiness.
Use paper money tokens marked PLAY; no real cash, accounts or personal amounts are needed. Small coins may be a choking risk; keep away from young children.
Use supplied stage sheets on screen or scrap paper; keep adult keys separate.
Use the fictional scenarios. Passing is allowed. Do not ask for private money amounts, account details, family conflict, identity or health information. Keep only minimal local learning notes.
Supplied data are explicitly practice data, not observations. Record only what is actually attempted; absent equipment, consent, partner or repeated observations means that part remains pending.
Use the complete materials on screen or print only the current sheet. Keep adult guidance out of learner view. Retain an earlier model only when the current step supplies it as context.
Teaching limits and safe use
These are finite task opportunities, not proof of mastery. Record what was attempted and what support was used.
Simulation does not demonstrate real-money care across settings; no financial product or security guarantee.
Use the fictional scenarios. Passing is allowed. Do not ask for private money amounts, account details, family conflict, identity or health information. Keep only minimal local learning notes.
Supplied data are explicitly practice data, not observations. Record only what is actually attempted; absent equipment, consent, partner or repeated observations means that part remains pending.
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Plan simple ways to keep money safe without disclosing real holdings.
Plan simple ways to keep money safe without disclosing real holdings.
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Check understanding
- Describe at least two ways to keep money safe (purse, wallet, money box, giving to a grown-up)
- Explain why it matters if you lose money
- Show that they treat real coins and notes carefully rather than leaving them lying around
“If you gave your child some coins to look after at a shop, would they keep them safe and know where they put them?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Life Skills
- Domain
- Money & Finance
- Age range
- Ages 5–7