cash, register, cashier, coins, money, change, price, price tag

**How often do children handle money?**
Role-playing 'shops' is a great way for children to rehearse many aspects of financial education, to recognise and understand physical money. Buying things, and realising that you cant have something if you don't have enough money, helps children develop an awareness of how money is used and what it is worth.

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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We have partnered with BBC Children in Need to adapt our resources for children with additional needs and provide training, resources, books and games to 100 voluntary organisations. 

Use the framework to help you plan and deliver financial education flexibly across the range of subjects and learning opportunities available within your school’s curriculum.

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Let's Play Shops - Beginner

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. 

Downloadable Activity

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

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

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Boy sat typing on a laptop, aided by a smiling adult 

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Two ladies talking in front of computer screen

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

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Let's Play Shops - Beginner

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