Pre-Kindergarten

State Standards

Personal Financial Literacy

8: Apply economic reasoning skills to make informed personal financial decisions.

FL.P.5.1: Identify money and its purpose.

a: Recognize coins and currency as money.

b: Identify how money is obtained (e.g., through work or gifts) and how it is used.

c: Discuss why we need money.

d: Identify different forms of money and their different values.

Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May

1: Provide materials and opportunities for preschoolers to dramatize interactions with currency exchange.

2: Read stories related to currency.

3: Set up dramatic play opportunities that involve the use of pretend money. For example: The bank, grocery store, or restaurant.

4: Use names of coins and currency when talking about money.

Examples of Learning/Children May

1: Identify that money is used to buy things.

2: Explain that money can be saved.

3: Use pretend money while engaging in dramatic play activities.

4: Practice exchanging play money for goods.