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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 11

Money & Work

Coins, jobs, goods and services

What your child practices

US coins and what they are worth, why people use money, jobs and volunteers in the community, and the difference between goods and services.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: K.E2.1 · how people work and use money to meet their needs

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. People work to earn money.
  2. Goods are things you can hold. Services are jobs done for you.
  3. A penny is 1 cent. A dollar bill is paper money.

Example: Which coin is worth 1 cent? Pennies are worth 1 cent each. Answer: a penny

Money & Work in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 7 of 11 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after My Jobs, Rules & Leaders and before Days, Weeks & Months.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Arizona Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which one is a good?

    • a haircut
    • a visit to the doctor
    • a pair of shoes

  2. Question 2

    Dad pays a dentist to clean his teeth. He buys a…

    • coin
    • good
    • service

  3. Question 3

    Which coin is worth 10 cents?

    • a nickel
    • a penny
    • a dime

  4. Question 4

    Which one is a service?

    • a bus ride
    • an apple
    • a toy car

  5. Question 5

    Which coin is worth 25 cents?

    • a dime
    • a quarter
    • a penny

  6. Question 6

    Zoe has 3 pennies. How many cents?

    • 1 cent
    • 30 cents
    • 3 cents

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