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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 10 of 12

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.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: K.9b · goods and services, the work people do and the money they use

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 New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 10 of 12 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Needs & Wants and before Symbols & Holidays.

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: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

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

    Who brings letters to your home?

    • a dentist
    • a mail carrier
    • a chef

  2. Question 2

    A loaf of bread is a…

    • service
    • good
    • job

  3. Question 3

    What do people use money for?

    • to plant in a garden
    • to buy things
    • to wash dishes

  4. Question 4

    Which one is a service?

    • an apple
    • a bus ride
    • a toy car

  5. Question 5

    Who teaches children at school?

    • a plumber
    • a farmer
    • a teacher

  6. Question 6

    Zoe has 3 pennies. How many cents?

    • 30 cents
    • 1 cent
    • 3 cents

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