Math
Sort Your Coins
Need: mixed up penny and nickel paper coins,
paper cups labeled from 1 to 9.
Have children put the correct amount of paper
coins into the cups. Discuss different combinations of coins for
values more than five cents.
Coupon Money (Grades 1-2)
Need: coupons, play money, paper and glue.
Place coupons in a container. Have children draw
a coupon from the container. Give each child a paper. The children
then glue their coupon on one side of the paper. On the other side of
the paper, the children glue play money (coins and/or bills) that
would be needed to equal the amount on the coupon. You can have the
child draw the amount of money that represents the coupon amount if
no play money is available.
Clip and Save (Grades 1-3)
Need: coupons, coins, price list of various items (written on board
or on a handout).
Give each child an assortment of coupons.
For each coupon the child:
Will need to show how much money it is worth.
How much is saved by using the coupon.
Must find at least one item that could be purchased with the savings.
Price Comparison
Have the children go to the store and choose items they would like to
buy. Find out how much it costs with tax and how many servings it has
so you will know how much you need to serve your class. Make grafts
on what items are more popular. What cost more by serving and by
price. Figure our how much each student would need to bring in to
purchase that item for a party. Then at the end of the week have the
students by the items. Contributed By: Cemour
Class Paychecks
Have each child earn class money by doing jobs in the class, keep
track of what they earn on a chart. At the end of the week give them
a paycheck they can purchase stickers pencils or other cheap items.
Talk about other occupations and the concept of wages. Also the
concept of hard work earns more can be discussed. Contributed By: Cemour
Start a Class Checking Account
For every good day assign a Dollar amount they earn. Then have
special activities they enjoy that has a dollar amount assigned to
them, make some more expensive than others . At the end of the week
at circle time talk about the money you have and let them chose the
special activity they can afford. They can save up for something
really special. Examples, you can have a class walk to someplace
special for an item. Or as a big item would be the teacher has to
bake cookies to bring in. Figure out what makes your class tick and
see what gets them excited. Make sure the figures are posted so they
can see money accumulate and grow. You can also talk about
overdrafts. It is never too young to learn the cold facts of life.
Contributed By: Cemour
Berenstain
Bears printable checks
Wish Books
Bring in old magazines and catalogs and let the kids cut out pictures
of things they would like to buy if they had lots of money. Have them
put each on the paper and find out how much each item costs. Let them
pick just a few items. Then have them do the math to find out how
much money they would need to purchase all these items. At Holiday
time this would be a fun book to give mom and dad for what they want
for their special gifts. Contributed By: Cemour
Pennies:
A Little Goes a Long Way Game (Grades 1-3)
Students will learn how to convert pennies and
other coins into their respective coins. Students can also get
practice identifying odd and even numbers through this game.
Coin
Tracing and Money Worksheets (US coins)
*Learning Centers
Calendar Coins
Need: metal tray, paper coins with magnets glued onto the back.
Each morning the calendar helper places the coins up on the tray that
equals the money amount for the daily number.
You can use the least amount of coins to equal the number. Or have 2
children be the calendar helper and place up on the tray all the ways
to get the date. At calendar time the 2 children then explain what
they did to the other children.
Grocery Store
Need: old product containers such as (cereal boxes, dish soap, milk
cartons, juice bottles, etc.), calculator, play money and change.
An adult sets up the products and markes them with prices. Each child
is allotted an amount of money to speed. The children will need to
count out their money and choose products to purchase. An adult is
the cashier.
After the children have chosen their products they go to the cashier
and count out enough money to purchase their products. The children
will also tell the cashier how much change they should receive.
After each child has purchased a product they will then take a turn
being cashier.
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