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title: "Goods & Services"
description: "People can make or grow goods and do services for others; recognising everyday examples and understanding that both kinds of work have value"
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# Goods & Services

People can make or grow goods and do services for others; recognising everyday examples and understanding that both kinds of work have value

Subject: Life Skills · Area: Entrepreneurship · Ages 5 to 7
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/goods-and-services-mt_RgQxPddV8v

## Ready when they can

- Sort everyday examples into goods (things made or grown for people to use) and services (work people do for others)
- Give three examples of goods and three examples of services from their everyday life
- Explain that both making things and helping people are valuable kinds of work

## Lesson: Goods and Services

Goods are things people make or grow for people to use. Bread, shoes and toys are goods. You can eat bread, wear shoes or play with a toy. Goods can be used up. You do not have to keep them forever.

A service is work someone does for others. A haircut, a bus ride and a doctor's check-up are services. You can touch your hair, but cutting it is work. Flowers are goods. Bringing flowers to your door is a delivery service.

*(drawing: Think about everyday life at home or school. Tell a grown-up three goods you use and three services people do for you or your family.)*

**Example.** Ben's dad bakes bread at his shop. Ben takes the bread home to eat. The bread is a good. A bus driver drives Ben to school. The ride is a service.

Making goods and doing services are both valuable kinds of work. The bread gives Ben food. The bus ride helps him get to school. Both workers help Ben.

Sort each example. Things made or grown for people to use go with goods. Work done for others goes with services. A hat is a good; mending it is a service. Match the work a service offers to the help you need.

**Recap.** Goods are things made or grown for people to use. Services are work people do for others.

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## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Opens up

- [Where Things Come From](https://lightmysky.com/learn/civics-and-economics/where-things-come-from-mt_9v5-1k236E)
- [Buyers & Sellers](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/buyers-and-sellers-mt_SbEaQnMQoD)
- [Supply chains](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/supply-chains-mt_tqgZH11cP5)