Teaching Money

First I have them practice with only nickels and dimes counting by 5’s touching the dime two times on each side of the dime and the nickel once. When the child gets this down pat I begin with the big mix.

I chant, 25, 50, 75, 100 many, many times before starting and as a warm up. I start by having the child pick out the quarters, count up. When they get to the magic number (25, 50, 75, 100,) I day ding , ding, ding, like a bell.I have this paper with 25, 50, 75, 100 circled on a mat in front of the child to see visually as well.
I tell them to next pick out any other silver coin (nickel or dime). I teach them to only, only , only count by 5’s. The child touches a nickel once and a dime twice. So by now the child has counted the quarters and other silver. Then the child counts by ones.

I don’t know why, but the ding ding ding like a game show sound has been the trick. I have high school kids come over to tutor my 6th graders. I showed them how to help my students do this making change but the other way up. The high school girl said when I worked at a fast food restaurant I could never make change. Now that you showed me this I can do it. lol.

So making change to a dollar it almost the same. The child starts by saying what the cost of the item is…..the child uses 4 or less pennied to get to the nearest 5…..then uses either a dime or nickel to count up to the magic 25, 50, 75, or dollar saying ding, ding, ding, like a game show bell. PRESTO. With practice they get it. Once the child gets to the magic number, he can only use quarters up to a dollar, or what ever bill used is.

Try a search on money, and you will find an earlier post (same one) plus more ideas.

Michelle

Good luck.
Michelle

My parental suggestions are:

My daughter’s homework consisted some written exercises to do with money. Of course, we had to bring out the coins for her to do the exercises. She is told her total is 25 cents. How many combinations of coins can she come up with to make 25 cents? 50? 35? etc. It really helped her see the various ways to total coins.

My son has the Allowance board game. It has helped him count money. It can be found at www.toystogrowon.com . Do a search for Allowance. I’m sure you can find it other places. The game looks alot like Monopoly. When you player lands on a space you either get paid or must pay depending on the space. We have always allowed our son to be the banker so he can count the money. It is for 5 - 12 years so your son may not like it. It helps with counting bills and change.

First I have them practice with only nickels and dimes counting by 5’s touching the dime two times on each side of the dime and the nickel once. When the child gets this down pat I begin with the big mix.

I chant, 25, 50, 75, 100 many, many times before starting and as a warm up. I start by having the child pick out the quarters, count up. When they get to the magic number (25, 50, 75, 100,) I day ding , ding, ding, like a bell.I have this paper with 25, 50, 75, 100 circled on a mat in front of the child to see visually as well.
I tell them to next pick out any other silver coin (nickel or dime). I teach them to only, only , only count by 5’s. The child touches a nickel once and a dime twice. So by now the child has counted the quarters and other silver. Then the child counts by ones.

I don’t know why, but the ding ding ding like a game show sound has been the trick. I have high school kids come over to tutor my 6th graders. I showed them how to help my students do this making change but the other way up. The high school girl said when I worked at a fast food restaurant I could never make change. Now that you showed me this I can do it. lol.

So making change to a dollar it almost the same. The child starts by saying what the cost of the item is…..the child uses 4 or less pennied to get to the nearest 5…..then uses either a dime or nickel to count up to the magic 25, 50, 75, or dollar saying ding, ding, ding, like a game show bell. PRESTO. With practice they get it. Once the child gets to the magic number, he can only use quarters up to a dollar, or what ever bill used is.

Try a search on money, and you will find an earlier post (same one) plus more ideas.

Michelle

Good luck.
Michelle

My parental suggestions are:

My daughter’s homework consisted some written exercises to do with money. Of course, we had to bring out the coins for her to do the exercises. She is told her total is 25 cents. How many combinations of coins can she come up with to make 25 cents? 50? 35? etc. It really helped her see the various ways to total coins.

My son has the Allowance board game. It has helped him count money. It can be found at www.toystogrowon.com . Do a search for Allowance. I’m sure you can find it other places. The game looks alot like Monopoly. When you player lands on a space you either get paid or must pay depending on the space. We have always allowed our son to be the banker so he can count the money. It is for 5 - 12 years so your son may not like it. It helps with counting bills and change.