Earning Money
Your child knows people earn money by working, and that harder or more skilled jobs often pay more. They can name a way a child could earn some too.
In curriculum terms
Ways that children and adults earn money; the connection between work, skills and pay; that harder or more skilled work often pays more
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Could your child explain why some jobs pay more than others and describe a way they might earn some money themselves?
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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).