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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 10 of 10

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.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: K.2.10.1; K.2.12.1 · goods and services, and why people trade

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 Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 10 of 10 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Needs & Wants.

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: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

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 paper money?

    • a quarter
    • a dollar bill
    • a penny

  2. Question 2

    Who teaches children at school?

    • a teacher
    • a farmer
    • a plumber

  3. Question 3

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

    • coin
    • service
    • good

  4. Question 4

    Which coin is worth 5 cents?

    • a dime
    • a penny
    • a nickel

  5. Question 5

    Who grows food on a farm?

    • a farmer
    • a barber
    • a pilot

  6. Question 6

    Sam has a dime and a nickel. How many cents?

    • 20 cents
    • 15 cents
    • 10 cents

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