How it works
A job is work that people do.
The baker bakes bread, the builder builds houses, and the gardener grows flowers and food.
Workers get coins for their work.
Worked examples
The baker
- The baker wears a tall white hat.
- The baker knows how to make bread.
- The baker gets coins for the work.
The builder
- The builder wears a yellow hard hat to stay safe.
- Brick by brick, the builder makes a wall for a new house.
- A family will live there, so the work helps them.
The gardener
- The gardener wears a straw hat and uses a watering can.
- The gardener grows flowers, and carrots and beans and peas too.
- The gardener gets coins for the work.
A taste of the worksheets
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
- Pip gives the baker a coin. Why? 🎁 It is a present / 🪙 It is pay for baking / 🧸 It is a toy
- True or false? Does the baker use coins to buy food?
- True or false? Do workers get nothing for their work?
- Which one is a job? 🏫 teaching a class / 🧸 playing with toys / 🥪 eating lunch