The nice thing is that by focusing on one coin, you are also practicing counting by a certain number… (1s – pennies, 5s – nickels, or 10s – dimes). GREAT FOR GAMBLING GAMES: Keep the game casual when playing gambling games by using these fake coins. So, remember that “take the skills and apply them” thing that I mentioned above… we are going to use all of those amazing money skills your students learned and dig deeper. It is a definite low prep center for you that will keep your students engaged while you work with small groups. From there, the rest of your class has to listen very carefully to the clue from their classmate to see if they have the next card.

23 Money Activities for Primary Students | Education to the Core

Integrate these activities into your whole group, independent practice, and small group centers to cement money identification concepts. As the other listens to the riddle, they will use plastic coins to see if they can solve their partner’s riddle. Plastic coins and notes can be used in role play with a real-working cash register, making this crucial branch of maths relevant and fun. After looking at the coins they have, they will add up the values and see if they have enough money to purchase the given item. You can also put any of these worksheets in a center with plastic coins and your students can practice making exact change all week long.Play a guessing game and give table points to those groups who can identify which coin you put on the whiteboard each time. Pass out a certain amount of money and have your students prioritize what they would spend their money on. This project may seem like a lot of work, but I have broken it down for you in small manageable chunks through a PBL journal. Extend the lesson by seeing who can create the most expensive word, or make it harder by seeing if they can come up with a word of a certain value.

LEARNING ADVANTAGE Play Pennies - Set of 100 Plastic Coins

Place these printables into page protectors and your students can practice money identification as early finishers, or if you have students’ work mat binders or math toolkits, put this work mat in them for continued money practice. Each student takes turns flipping over the card, identifying the value, and then covering it on the board.A great way to refocus your students after they have sung a song or two is to have them record everything that they know about each of the coins.