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Level 1 · ages 6–8OECD FLSave

What is a bank?

🎯 Goal: Know a bank is a safe place to keep money and help it grow.
You understand a bank keeps money safe, and when you deposit you get a little interest. Adults use banks to store money, get paid, and transfer.

Let’s explore

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A bank keeps money safely for people — safer than at home.
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When you deposit money, after a while you get a little extra called interest.
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Adults use banks to store money, receive salaries, and transfer money to each other.

Practice activity

💬 Ask your parents: does our family have a savings account, and what for?
Worked example: You ask: “Dad, do we keep money at a bank?” — “Yes, I have a savings account for your future schooling.” So a bank keeps money safe and saves toward big goals.

Quick quiz

1. A bank is a place that?
→ Keeps money safely
2. Deposit money and after a while you get?
→ A little interest
3. Adults use banks to?
→ Store money, get paid, transfer
4. With a lot of money, a bank helps?
→ Safer than at home
5. The reward a bank pays when you deposit is called?
→ Interest

🎯 Real-life mission

Ask a parent how a bank keeps your family’s money safe.
Open the interactive app →

‹ A stranger asks for money/info — say no

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