Need help with learning to count change

[Michie]

Any websites, activiites,ideas?

 

[kristen821]

Play store with dd or ds. Make sure they are counting up instead of trying to subtract.

 

[SandiH]

Any websites, activiites,ideas?

Try this website. www.moneyinstructor.com

 

[Nancy]

I checked out that website...I think all kids should learn that stuff! I train cashiers and I am amazed at how many can not figure out how to give back change if the customer gives them a penny AFTER they put in the cash paid amount...or if they enter a wrong amount and actually have to figure out how to count out the correct change amount. I sometimes feel like I am teaching basic math skills.

 

[Teacher03]

On a search engine, type in VIRTUAL MANIPULATIVES. It has various math activites for all different areas and ages. I wish I could remember the exact address, but I always use a search engine.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

WalMart sells a placemat that has illustrations of money on it. It might be a good introduction, anyway. My kids are in 2nd grade and in fact they came home with some money exercises today. They were given problems such as "I have three coins which add up to 27 cents, what coins are they?" and pictures of many coins which they had to add up, etc. I imagine you could find some of these problems in those grade appropriate workbooks (also sold at WalMart, LOL). Can you tell where I like to shop?

 

[Barb D]

We set up a store with action figures and stuffed animals to "buy" for 27 cents or whatever.

 

[Florida_Mom]

Like a previous poster said, count up. Start with the amount of the product and count from there to the amount the customer gives you. My mom taught me this when I was young and it made it so easy.

Our church had a garage sale a few months ago and my DS8 "helped" the cashier. She had incredible patience with him, but it was good for him to get experience counting back change.

 

[luvmyfam444]

not sure how old you child is - but we had issues earlier in the year with $--dd 7 just couldn't grasp it no matter how hard we tried -she barely made it thru the unit & thank goodness her test wasn't only money - but NOW onyl what 2 months later or so she's COMPLETELY got it (back then she couldn't count different denominations - go from a quarter to a nickle to a penny she would keep counting as if all the $ was a quarter even though she knew it wasn't) ANYWAY the math lab instructor @ school said to just be patient it's TOTALLY a developmental thing - it will just click & it DID! He also said time is the same way - so if you have difficulties with time you'll know to be extra patient too...

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I checked out that website...I think all kids should learn that stuff! I train cashiers and I am amazed at how many can not figure out how to give back change if the customer gives them a penny AFTER they put in the cash paid amount...or if they enter a wrong amount and actually have to figure out how to count out the correct change amount. I sometimes feel like I am teaching basic math skills.

I'll give an even better example. One of our local McDonalds doesn't want exact change. They only want paper money. I thought that was ridiculous, are
they not teaching these kids counting in school?!

Making change is not the easiest thing for me but I stress the importance of it to my kids. We use a store set up for learning money.