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Buyers & Sellers

Your child knows a seller has something to offer and a buyer wants it. They can act out swapping money for a treat at a market stall.

In curriculum terms

When someone makes or has something, they can sell it; when someone wants something, they can buy it; introduction to the concept of exchange and transactions

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How to tell they’ve got it

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Try this together

If your child set up a stall at a school fair, could they explain who the buyers and sellers are and what each person does?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Goods & Servicesages 5–7Must understand goods and services before grasping buying and selling
What Money Isages 5–7Cross-domain: understanding what money is (Money & Finance) supports grasping exchange
Buyers & Sellersthis skill · ages 5–7
Unlocks
Making Something to Sellages 5–7Must understand exchange before making something to sell
Who Is a Customer?ages 5–7Must understand buyers and sellers before exploring customer concept in depth
Costs & Revenueages 7–9Must understand buying/selling exchange before grasping revenue concept

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

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