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The theme of ‘toys’, often a favourite in the Year 1 curriculum, is an excellent vehicle for teaching financial education. Pupils can consider the cost of buying toys and how long it would take to save up for a toy. It will help them to understand, in the wider sense, that they can make choices when it comes to spending and saving and that others may make different choices.

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Help children make sensible spending decisions, such as making a choice to save for something important.  

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Toy time

Help your child make sensible spending decisions, such as making a choice to save for something important.

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The theme of 'toys' is a great way to teach financial education. Children can consider the cost of buying toys and how long it would take to save up for a toy.

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 an **intermediate** level activity – this level suits children who have some financial education knowledge and are beginning to understand simple financial concepts such as spending and saving.

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