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Level 1 · ages 6–8OECD FLEarn

Where does money come from?

🎯 Goal: Understand money comes from grown-ups working; labor creates value.
You understand money does not appear by itself — it is a reward for useful work grown-ups do. Knowing this, you value money and spend more wisely.

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Parents and others go to work — teaching, selling, driving, healing — and get paid for that effort.
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Money does not fall from the sky. It is a reward for useful work.
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Because money comes from effort, we should value it and spend wisely.

Practice activity

💬 Ask your parents: how does your job help other people?
Worked example: You ask: “Mom, what is your job?” — “I am a teacher, I teach kids.” You ask: “How does that help?” — “It helps kids learn to read and write.” So Mom creates something useful and gets paid.

Quick quiz

1. Grown-ups mostly get money from?
→ Working
2. Money is a reward for?
→ Useful work
3. Since money comes from effort, we should?
→ Value it and spend wisely
4. A doctor is paid because they?
→ Heal and help others
5. Why should we value money?
→ It comes from effort

🎯 Real-life mission

Ask a parent what work they do to earn money for the family.

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