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Lesson
Materials:
Printable Play
Money - Print out coins and/or
bills.
Counting coins include pennies, nickels,
dimes, and quarters.
Counting bills include dollars
(ones) , fives,
tens, and twenties.
Supplemental Material:
When your students have finished
these activities, see our
counting money category
for additional lessons.
Counting Money
Activity/Procedure
Each student should have his or her own set of play money.
Call an amount out loud, and/or write it on the board. Each student should
count out the correct amount of money to make that amount.
Beginners should start with only pennies, counting to numbers 10
cents
or less. Slowly add more coins and increase the amount, based on the
students' skill level.
Variation
Have the students count money to a certain amount, only using
specific types of coins or bills. For example, ask students to count to $1.00 only using
dimes, or only using dimes and nickels.
Variation
Students should count money using the smallest number of coins
possible. For example, $1.00 would be 4 quarters.
Group Variation
Instead of the teacher deciding on the amount, have the students
work in pairs, or in small groups with one person calling an amount to count.
After counting, each student may say which coins and/or bills they used.
For small groups, students should take turns with the next turn going to the
person sitting on their right.
Evaluation/Assessment
Observe
students during this
activity and adjust the skill
level as necessary. Increase
or reduce the counting amount or
the types of
coins and/or bills.
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recommendation for this activity, or a new activity? Then please leave us a
suggestion.
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Practice
counting
with play money to build basic money skills.
For
other money skills, please go to the