The big ideaGrown-ups pay for the big things. We can pay for little things from our own jar.
How it works
Grown-ups pay for the big things, like the home, the dinner and the lights.
We can pay for little things from our own jar, like a balloon, a sticker or a pencil. Every family does it a little differently.
Who pays.
Example 1: Where the coins come from
Grown-ups go to work and help people.
They get paid.
Then they use the coins for the family, with love.
Example 2: A big thing
The grown-up pushes the basket and picks the bread and soup.
Clink, clink, the grown-up pays for the groceries.
Groceries are a big thing.
🛒groceries🧑a grown-up🪙clink, clink
The grown-up pays.
Example 3: A little thing
Pip sees a balloon and wants one.
A coin comes out of Pip's own jar, plink!
A balloon is a little thing, so Pip pays.
Example 4: Pip's own jar
The jar has coins saved from helping out and birthdays.
Little treats can come from the jar.
Pip says thank you for the big things.
Words to know
jar
Where Pip keeps their own coins.
grown-up
A person who looks after a child.
save
To keep coins for later.
Watch out
Every family does it a little differently, and that is okay.
A home costs a lot, so a child does not pay for it. A grown-up does.
Try it
Who pays for our home?
Who pays for Pip's balloon?
Where do Pip's coins come from?
Do all families do it the same way?
Answers: 1. a grown-up · 2. Pip, from the jar · 3. helping out and birthdays · 4. no
Try at homeAsk a grown-up what you could buy with your own coins, and what the grown-ups pay for. Every family does it a little differently.
For grown-upsAsk your child what they could buy with their own coins, and tell them what the grown-ups pay for. Every family decides this in its own way.
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