afford, amount, budget, buy, cost, money, notes, pay, price, price tag, save, spend, value

Choosing how to spend money is tricky when you have a limited amount to spend. Children will be given a budget to help choose a gift for Bunny to give Ed. The activity helps to reinforce lessons learnt in the book, showing that they will need to plan ahead and help them begin to understand that they may not always have the budget for something they really want.

This activity follows on from *Ed and Bunny Spend Some Money* and should be completed after reading the storybook, which is available as an eBook in the related resources section.

In this activity, children will be given a budget to choose a gift, either in real life or in a play scenario. The activity helps to reinforce lessons learnt in the book, showing that they will need to plan ahead and help them begin to understand that they may not always have the budget for something they really want.

Introduction

Being a critical consumer: Needs and wants

How to manage money: Keeping track of money

This book covers the following themes from the Young Money Financial Education Planning Framework

I am beginning to understand that we might not always be able to have the things we want.

I am beginning to understand I might run out of money unexpectedly if I don’t keep track of it.

This book covers the following learning objectives from the Young Money Financial Education Planning Framework

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Help Bunny buy a gift - Home Activity

Themes

Learning objectives

Bring children's learning to life as they join Ed and Bunny on an adventure to learn all about about money. 

This storybook is available online as an eBook and also to order. It covers themes such as earning money, saving and spending.

*Ed and Bunny Earn Some Money is published by Scholastic (2021) – text and illustration © Matt Carr.*


Storybook

Ed and Bunny Earn Some Money

Bring children's learning to life as they join Ed and Bunny on an adventure to learn all about money. 

This storybook is available online as an eBook and also to order. It covers themes such as using money, keeping track of money and needs and wants.

*Ed and Bunny Spend Some Money is published by Scholastic (2021) – text and illustration © Matt Carr.*

Ed and Bunny Spend Some Money

This activity follows on from *Ed and Bunny Earn Some Money* and should be completed after reading the storybook, which is available as an eBook in the related resources section.

In this activity, children will create their own Money Tree and then decide how they would spend the money Ed and Bunny earned in different situations. This activity will help your child learn about where money comes from and encourage them to think about how to manage their money and the feelings that they might encounter as they do so.

Help Bunny buy a gift - Home Activity

Introduction

Themes

Learning objectives

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