Math · Stage 1
Play shop: prices, budgets, saving and giving
Run a play shop with prices, budgets, saving and giving.
✦ Math📘 Stage 1 · S1⏱ ~9 min🧒 Ages 5–6★ Free to start
run a play shop with prices, budgets, saving and giving
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The Play Shop at the Market
Wei and Ayu open a play shop at the kampung market. Wei has a pile of coins and notes. Ayu wants a mango, a bun and a drink. How can they pay the right amount, count what is left, and use their money wisely? By the end I can run a play shop and use my money wisely.
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What your child will learn
1Warm up: count, compare, make 10
2Words for the shop
3Pay the exact price
4Add for the total, take away for the rest
5Is the price sensible?
6Is my money enough?
7Needs, wants and saving
8Three jars
9Steps of buying and a snack plan
10How many can I buy?
11Notes, change and anchor prices
12Test the wrong ideas
13Check your thinking
14Play shop at home
15I can run a play shop
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A peek inside
A banana costs 7 ribu. Pay with a 5 ribu note and a 2 ribu note, then with coins, and say which pile has more money.
Pile A: 5 + 2 = 7 ribu, two pieces.<br>Pile B: seven 1 ribu coins, which is 7 ribu.<br>Pile A has fewer pieces.<br>Both piles are 7 ribu, so neither has more.
Try this at home: A banana costs 7 ribu. Pay with a 5 ribu note and a 2 ribu note, then with coins, and say which pile has more money.
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