Introduce coins and bills
Start with coins: Teach them to recognize pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Use real coins or plastic play money for a hands-on experience.
Use mnemonics: Help them remember coin values. For example, a nickel is 5 cents, and a dime is 10 cents.
Introduce dollar bills: Start with small denominations like $1, $5, and $10.
Teach coin values
Explain how many pennies equal a nickel, how many nickels make a dime, etc.
Practice skip counting by 5s (nickels), 10s (dimes), and 25s (quarters) to make adding coins easier.
Coin sorting and counting games
Have your child sort a pile of coins and then count the value of each type (all pennies, all nickels, etc.).
Use a "count and match" game where you give them different sets of coins, and they have to match the total amount written on cards.
Role-playing with real-life scenarios
Play "store" where the child buys and sells items using play money.
Give them different amounts of money, and they have to "pay" for items, counting out the correct amount.
Use counting mats or money charts
Provide visual aids, like counting mats or charts, to help them organize and count the coins easily.
Progress to making change
Once they are comfortable adding coins and bills, introduce the concept of making change. Start with simple examples, like buying something that costs 25 cents with a dollar.
Money word problems
Incorporate word problems where they need to solve money-related questions. For example: "You have 2 dimes and 3 nickels. How much money do you have?"
Money word problem worksheets
We have a set of counting money word problem worksheets for further practice.
Real-life practice
When you're shopping, let them help pay for small items, count the money, and check the change.
Counting money worksheets
In our grade 2 math section, we have counting money worksheets for students to practice.
Adding pennies, nickels and dimes
Students add pennies, nickels and dimes in these worksheets.
Counting pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters – up to 6 coins
In these worksheets, we ask students to add all four coins.
Counting pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters – up to 10 coins
Students add up to 10 coins in these worksheets.
Counting the four common coins and $1 bill
These more difficult worksheets, introduce the $1 bill to the coins.
Counting the four common coins and $1 and $5 bill
The final addition worksheets have students working on all common coins added to $1 and $5 bills.
Money in words worksheets (numbers to words)
Students practice writing currency values in words.
Money in words worksheets (words to numbers)
These worksheets have students work in reverse, writing currency values in money notation.
On the same page, we also have Canadian, Indian, British, South African, Filipino and European currencies.
