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Kenyan coins and notes

Know your money, from KES 1 to KES 1,000

Level 1: Money basics · from age 6 · 2 minutes · 3 Kesho Stars

The story

Kip empties his money tin. He finds one KES 20 coin, two KES 10 coins and one KES 5 coin.

The big idea

Kenya has coins for KES 1, 5, 10 and 20. The notes are KES 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1,000.

Ask at home

Lay out some coins and notes and ask your child to make KES 70 in two different ways.

The full lesson, with its questions and Kesho Stars, is in the myKesho kids app.

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