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Role-playing ‘shops’ is a popular activity that allows early years children to rehearse many aspects of financial education. Buying things, and realising that you can’t have something if you don’t have enough money, helps children develop an awareness of how money is used and what it is worth. A variety of money-related issues can be introduced by varying the nature of the shop.

A teacher and two young children play in a role play shop with toy till.

A fantastic way for children to learn about buying goods and making choices on how to spend their money, through role play. 
You would need 20 minutes per group of children, but you have the flexibility to spend as little or as much time as you wish on this activity. 

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Let's Play Shops

A fantastic way to teach your child about buying goods and making choices on how to spend their money through role play. 

Let's Play Shop - Home Activity

Children will recognise that things costs different amounts and that they can choose how and where to spend their money.

This activity is part of our range of Money Heroes resources for children with special educational needs.

These resources have been adapted to be flexible for use in a range of settings and with children of varying abilities or special educational needs. Rather than using age groups or key stages, each activity has been given a difficulty level, based on children’s financial knowledge, skills and understanding. Practitioners should choose activities based on the financial capability level of the children they are working with.

This is a **beginner** level activity – this level suits children who have little financial education knowledge.

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Let's Play Shops - Beginner

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A mother and son play pretend shops at home with food items.

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Let's Play Shops

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