| Objectives | Recognise money and why people use it. |
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| Materials | Play coins and notes, picture cards |
| Key vocabulary | money, buy, coin, note, pay |
| Engage (starter) | "What do we give the shopkeeper to buy something?" |
| Develop (main) | Interactive: sort real-life pictures into things we buy and things that are free; handle play coins and notes; tap-to-reveal why we use money. |
| Plenary (close) | What do we use to buy things? |
| Assessment | Recognises money. |
| Teacher notes | Keep concrete; use play money. |
| Objectives | Name the money used in own country and know each Caribbean country has its own. |
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| Materials | Play notes/coins, flag cards |
| Key vocabulary | money, dollar, cents, country, Caribbean |
| Engage (starter) | "What is our money called?" |
| Develop (main) | Interactive: match each country to its money — Jamaican dollar (JMD), Trinidad & Tobago dollar (TT$), Barbados dollar (Bajan$), Eastern Caribbean dollar (EC$), Guyanese dollar, Belize dollar, Bahamian dollar; tap-to-reveal that every country has its own money. |
| Plenary (close) | Name the money used in your country. |
| Assessment | Names own currency. |
| Teacher notes | Teacher anchors on own country; others are examples. |
| Objectives | Recognise coins and notes as forms of money. |
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| Materials | Play coins and notes |
| Key vocabulary | coin, note, round, paper, value |
| Engage (starter) | "How are coins and notes different?" |
| Develop (main) | Interactive: sort play coins and notes; match small and large amounts; tap-to-reveal coins and notes. |
| Plenary (close) | Name one coin and one note. |
| Assessment | Distinguishes coins and notes. |
| Teacher notes | Use own country's money if available. |
| Objectives | Explain that we pay money to get goods. |
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| Materials | Play shop items, play money |
| Key vocabulary | buy, pay, price, goods, shop |
| Engage (starter) | "How do we get things from a shop?" |
| Develop (main) | Interactive: role-play paying for an item at a pretend shop; tap-to-reveal buying with money. |
| Plenary (close) | What do we do before we can take something from a shop? |
| Assessment | Explains paying. |
| Teacher notes | Simple pretend-shop role-play. |
| Objectives | Consolidate early money concepts. |
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| Materials | Play money, review cards |
| Key vocabulary | review, money, coin, note, buy |
| Engage (starter) | "Money challenge!" |
| Develop (main) | Interactive: money-sorting and pretend-shop stations. |
| Plenary (close) | Name our country's money. |
| Assessment | Station participation. |
| Teacher notes | Reinforce coins, notes, buying. |