Introducing money (Elementary, Mathematics)

Introduce young learners to the important life skill of responsibly managing money and recording how much they spend and save. 

Elementary schoolers examine money, then read a news article about new coins being produced by the U.S. Mint. The teacher introduces the article with samples of American money and a vocabulary activity, then students read the news piece...

Second graders identify coins and their assigned value. In this economics instructional activity, 2nd graders practice using money, up to a dollar, by spending it on objects priced in the room. Students keep a record of how much they...

Don't be thrown off by the formatting here- the mathematical concept is solid. Learners read a story with a magic doubling pot that creates twice what is thrown into it. They first practice with an in-and-out chart, recording the result...

Introduce young mathematicians to concepts of financial literacy with this open-ended word problem. With seven dollars to spend during field day and given a list of available items and their prices, children must determine how they want...

Elementary money makers are walked through five steps to compare two different amounts. RJ speaks slowly as animations display his explanations. He compares the price of a New York magnet to the amount of money his cousin has on hand to...

Elementary learners explore coin mint dates. First, they listen to the book Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst. They then sort a collection of coins according to their mint date and put them in order from oldest...

Students practice spelling words and earn points (Each spelling word is assigned a value.) for each one spelled correctly. They keep track of money earned and may purchase items at the end of the month.

Young mathematicians discover the rules for adding and subtracting two digit numbers. In this addition and subtraction lesson, 1st graders examine the procedure for math problems with two digit numbers. Finally, everyone takes part in a...

Students count coins. For this currency and mathematics lesson, students use skip counting to figure the value of a group of coins. Students use plastic replica coins and real coins.