Ages 4+ · Money · Giving and values
Things money can't buy
🤗a hug☀️a sunny day🧑🤝🧑a friend🌼a kind flower
Not for sale.The big ideaCoins buy many things. Hugs, friends and sunny days are not for sale.
How it works
Coins buy many things, like bread, a ball and shoes.
Some of the best things are not for sale: a hug, a friend, a sunny day, a kind word and a smile.
Example 1: What a coin buys
- Pip pays a coin for a loaf of bread, clink!
- Another coin buys a bouncy ball.
- So coins can buy lots of things.
Example 2: Asking for a hug
- Pip asks the shopkeeper, can I buy a hug?
- No shop sells hugs, so hugs are not for sale.
- Some things are just too special to sell.
🍞bread: yes🤗a hug: no☀️a sunny day: no
Can a coin buy it?Example 3: A free hug
- A friend runs over and gives Pip a great big hug.
- Not a single coin is paid.
- That hug feels so warm, and the sun shines warm too.
Example 4: A flower
- Pip finds a pretty flower in the grass.
- Pip gives it to the friend.
- A kind word and a flower cost no coins.
Words to know
- hug
- A warm squeeze from someone who cares.
- free
- Nobody has to pay for it.
- kind
- Nice to other people.
Watch out
- Do not say money is bad. Coins are lovely, and they buy many things.
- Being kind makes friends. A coin cannot buy a friend.
Try it
- Can a coin buy bread?
- Can a shop sell a hug?
- Name one thing no coin can buy.
- What helps Pip find a friend?
Answers: 1. yes · 2. no · 3. a hug, a friend or a sunny day · 4. being kind
Try at homeWith a grown-up, name three things you love that no shop sells.
For grown-upsWith your child, name three things they love that no shop sells, and say them out loud together.