Giving

Before we start

Five minutes before Lesson 1, no scoring.

1. 1. Write one way to help someone that costs no money.
2. 2. A friend asks everyone to give €5 right now, quickly. What would you check first?
3. 3. What makes a gift really useful to the person who gets it?

Lesson 1. Giving is more than coins

Goldie · 45 min · Identify useful ways to contribute that do not require money.

1. Sort four cards into money / time / goods / skill.
2. A library needs books shelved, not more decorations. Which offer helps most?
3. Write one question to ask before helping.
4. Draw a zero-euro class contribution.

Lesson 2. The share portion

Goldie · 45 min · Decide a small "share" portion of a fictional amount to give, seeing giving as a planned choice rather than a rule.

1. You have €10 and three jars. Choose an amount for share (it may be €0).
2. How much is left for spend and save together?
3. Pick a fictional cause your share could help.
4. Why should giving be a choice, not a rule?

Lesson 3. Match the gift to the need

Penny · 45 min · Choose a gift that fits what the recipient actually needs, by asking first.

1. Match each need to the most useful gift.
2. Which gift does NOT match the "needs blankets" case?
3. Why can an unwanted gift be unhelpful?
4. Write one question to ask a recipient before giving.

Lesson 4. A kind request, a careful check

Byte · 45 min · Evaluate a fictional donation request before acting.

1. What does each poster say the help is for?
2. Which details can you verify independently?
3. Should a child send payment details? Explain.
4. Write a respectful reply that pauses action.

Final mission. Plan a class act of giving

Penny · 45 min · Make a small, feasible plan that includes consent, roles and a way to learn whether it helped.

1. Write the need in one sentence.
2. Choose paper labels costing €2 or decorated labels costing €5; explain.
3. Assign three roles.
4. Name one question to ask the recipient afterward.

Extension. Kind and fair

Goldie · 45 min · Give in ways that include everyone and never embarrass anyone, understanding that people can give different amounts.

1. Why might "everyone bring €5" leave some pupils out?
2. Rewrite it so anyone can join in any way.
3. Name one way to keep a gift private.
4. Why should no one be judged by how much they give?

Extension. The gift of time

Penny · 45 min · Recognise time and help as valuable gifts and plan a simple, consented time-gift.

1. List three gifts that use time, not money.
2. Choose one and write who to ask first.
3. What makes a time-gift go well?
4. Why can time be as valuable as money?

Extension. Many small gifts

Goldie · 45 min · See how small optional contributions can add to a useful total, using simple arithmetic.

1. If 12 pupils each give €1, what is the pool?
2. Four more give time instead. Does the money total change?
3. A €10 book set is the goal — is €12 enough?
4. Why must giving stay a free choice?

Extension. Did it help?

Penny · 45 min · Close the giving loop by thanking people and checking, respectfully, whether the gift helped.

1. Who should you thank after a class gift?
2. Write one question to learn if the labels helped.
3. Which matters more: an impressive-looking gift or a useful one?
4. Why ask the recipient, not just yourself?

My money reflection

A quiet close to the month.

1. A kind thing I could give that isn't money…
2. How I'd check a request before giving…
3. A way to include everyone when a class gives together…

Cut-out coins

Play money for the lessons and the mission — fictional, for practice only. Cut along the dashed circles; print one page per pair for extra coins.