Ages 4+ · Money · Spending wisely
Getting a receipt
🛒things we got🪙coins we paid🧾the receipt🏪the shop
A little paper from the shop.The big ideaA receipt is a paper from the shop. It shows what we got and paid.
How it works
A receipt is a paper that the shop gives you.
It shows what we got and what we paid, and which shop it came from. It is a good thing to keep.
🍞bread: two coins🍎apple: one coin🚗toy car: three coins
Pip's receipt: the coins next to each thing.Example 1: Reading the receipt
- The bread has two coins next to it.
- The apple has one coin.
- The toy car has three coins, the most.
Example 2: Adding it up
- Pip bought bread, an apple and a toy car.
- Two coins and one coin and three coins.
- 2 + 1 + 3 = 6
🍞two coins🍎one coin🚗three coins
All Pip paid.Example 3: When something breaks
- Pip's new toy car loses a wheel.
- Pip takes the car and the receipt back to the shop.
- The receipt shows where the car was bought, so the shopkeeper helps.
Example 4: Keep it safe
- Fold the receipt up small.
- Tuck it in the bag.
- Keep the receipt somewhere safe.
Words to know
- receipt
- A paper from the shop that shows what we got and paid.
- shopkeeper
- The person who looks after the shop.
- till
- The place where we pay.
Watch out
- A receipt shows what we got and paid. It does not show the weather or a song.
- Do not throw it away too soon. It helps when something breaks or we forget what we paid.
Try it
- What does a receipt show?
- Which cost the most on Pip's receipt?
- Which cost the fewest?
- Why keep a receipt?
Answers: 1. what we got and what we paid · 2. the toy car · 3. the apple · 4. it shows where something was bought
Try at homeWith a grown-up, look at a real receipt. Find a thing that was bought and what it cost.
For grown-upsAsk for a real receipt after your next shop, and let your child find one thing that was bought and what it cost.