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Use without internet

With a grown-up, download this language’s learning pages, pictures and worksheets. This uses device storage and can use tens of megabytes of data. Keep the page open until it says complete.

Your browser may remove saved files when storage is low. Voice playback depends on installed voices. External books and websites are not downloaded.

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Optional generated sound. Continues between pages; stops for narration or when you leave the tab. Start again whenever you wish.

Optional read-aloud. Nothing plays automatically.

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Room 10 of 10

Future Money Lab

An adult holding a phone near a payment terminal, representing current technology — An adult holding a phone near a payment terminal, representing current technology. AI-generated illustration, not a photograph of a historical object or event.

Digital payments still use real money.

Cards and phones can send instructions to transfer money or charge an account. The card itself is not the account balance.

Check the amount before paying.

Try it

Make a pretend card payment and record it in a budget. You can point, draw, type or use your communication tool.

Choose a practical challenge

Point to a card and a coin. Which is cash?

Discovery challenge

Does tapping a card create free money?

Sources for grown-ups

Bank of England: What is money?

Future Money Lab - Money Quest