Counting Money Printables & Activities
Our Counting Money Printables & Activities combine many subjects. How the currency is made involves science. History tells how currency got its start. Math and economics are found in their value. Language can be studied as you inspect, observe, and learn the importance of the written words in our currency.
As adults, we tend to take the symbols and meanings that are inscribed on our currency for granted. We have forgotten the importance of the words, “In God we trust,” and, “liberty.” When learning about money, you have the liberty to teach your child about the living God who this phrase is referring to. Check out our Counting Money Printables & Activities below!
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Let's Learn The U.S. Coins
The slideshow, “Let’s Learn the U.S. Coins” is an awesome way to introduce the 4 most common U.S. coins to your early learner. It features the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. Let’s Learn the Coins focuses on the value of each coin, the face that adorns it, and points out how many of each coin it takes to equal a dollar! Great resource!
Counting money books...
Using books that teach about your topic is ideal for any unit study. The Coin Counting Book is one such reader. It pertains to what you are teaching and reinforces learned material. Another one to consider is the Berenstain Bears’ Dollars and Sense.
Introduction To Coins
As I am sure you know already, hands-on activities are effective at teaching new concepts. To introduce money to your student, you can easily fold a sheet of paper into 4-squares. In each square, write the name of a coin with it’s value. It can be fun to add a circle similar in size to the actual coin and color it brown for a penny and gray for the other coins. Now, ask your student to copy the words. Next is the fun part. Give your child a pile of coins and ask them to sort the coins on their coin sheet. This has proven to be the best way for mine to learn the names of the coins.
The Lincoln Penny Reader
This is the perfect reader for young learners to use when first being introduced to money. You will need to print it, cut it in half horizontally, and then staple it into a book. DOWNLOAD LINCOLN PENNY READER! Happy learning!
Counting Money Slideshow
The slideshow, “Counting Money,” features 9 money counting questions. Each slide focuses on how many of one coin equals another. For example, how many nickels equal a quarter. This is an effective tool to use when elementary students are learning about money. Try having your child use play money as you navigate this slideshow. Help your child to lay out their coins to answer the question. Only continue to the next slide once you are ready to check your answer! Happy learning!
Counting Money 2 Slideshow
This slideshow features 14 counting coins questions. Each slide features a set of coins that the student is to count. You can work along side your student to help them find the answer or your student can challenge themselves to figure it out independently. The answer is given for each slide on the subsequent slide. The coins will equal $.50 or less. Happy learning!
Write & Wipe Counting Money Printables
These Write & Wipe Coin Counting Sheets are reusable! Just print these on card stock for durability and then laminate. You can choose to cut them into cards or not. I personally leave them as sheets. The kids use dry erase markers to write their answers. These money counting cards only go up to $.50. Download here or click on image.
Create Your own Money Poster
This is one of our favorite activities to do when we are learning about money. Once we have established the names and values of each coin, my child and I work together to construct a poster that is literally covered in coins. Let me explain.
We start with the 4 main types of coins: pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. At the top of our poster we tape a $1 bill and write next to it, “$1 Dollar Bill.” Then come the pennies… all 100 of them! We tape 100 pennies to the poster in 10 lines of 10. Underneath the pennies, my child writes, “100 pennies = $1.” Next, comes the nickels. 20 nickels are taped in rows of fives. Beneath them my child writes, “20 nickels = $1.” Here rolls in the dimes- all 10 of them. The dimes are taped by two’s and then my child writes, “10 dimes = $1.” Finally, the quarters are taped and the words, “4 Quarters = $1” is written.
What I love about this Money Poster is that it is a project we can do all week and it focuses on multiple myriads of math. While counting pennies, we review counting to 100. As we tape nickels, we practice skip counting by 5’s. Counting by tens to 100 is reviewed with the dimes. Love this poster. Happy learning!
Count the Piggy Bank
Money Worksheets by All Kids Network
All Kids Network provides a set of money worksheets that I have used with a number of my children. The coin identification sheets have always been useful to us. They are simple, which is exactly what I need when first introducing the values and names of each coin. All Kids Network also provides worksheets that assist you helping your child count multiple coins. Click here or on the image to be connected to their FREE resources.
My Coin Flip Book
Learn the Coins Video
How Coins are Made
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