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MONEY

Kids' Activities:

COUNTING MONEY how much change is left after buying some toys? ST. PATTY'S POT O' GOLD GAME VARIOUS MONEY CONCEPTS 24 different games that identify and count coins, dollar to cents conversions, monetary values using >, =, <. Students are given 10 problems and the timer is keeping track of how long it takes to answer all correctly. Easy concepts. THE STOCK MARKET GAME ORDERING AN INTERNET PIZZA: Click here for menu items & prices COUNTING CHANGE total these coins to see how much money you have. THE LEMONADE STAND Open your own business and run a Lemonade Stand for 25 days..can you make a profit? MONEY EXPERIENCE FOR KIDS 3 Games-- Making Change, Spending Money & Piggy Bank Breakin. MONEY FLASHCARDS students must recognize pictures of coins and bills and tell how much is shown. CHANGE MAKER 4 levels of play...using real graphics of coins. It's fun! KIDSBANK an introduction to coins and the Dollar bill, also a section on Ask Mr. Money, for any questions. THE MONEY FACTORY three activities: Face Flips, Find the New Fifty, and the new count the Cash (under construction) MATH, BASEBALL & THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS This site is built around the scenario of a student's trip to a San Francisco Giants baseball game. In the scenario, the teacher assigns the student to prepare a report about all the different ways mathematics is used in the game of baseball. Another goal of the trip is to stay within a budget of $100 for two people. GLOBAL GROCERY LIST An international project, where students collect prices of standard grocery items and compare with others internationally.

Classroom Activities

& Lesson Plans:

Going Shopping students shop for actual products ACTIVITIES & LESSON PLANS to download Estimating with Money College Fun from Great Aunt Betty MONEY MANIPULATIVES- lesson plan SPEND OR SAVE GAME LESSON PLAN IDEAS More Lesson plans ideas And even more lesson plans And more here And take a look at these plans And here's more lesson plans MONEY EQUIVALENTS Name that Coin! Money Match & Money's Worth activities: Mathland: The Grocery Store Counting coins: Activities for open-endend observation or Journal entries Help the Leprechaun pick the right coins --worksheet & cutouts.

Worksheets:

US Coin Chart --charts penny, nickel, dime & quarter Counting Coins ----easy Money concepts --- counting coins, counting bills, etc. More money concepts --- translate coins into bills, etc.

Other Exciting Money sites:

US Mint: The *NEW* 50 State Quarters The new Dollar coin, that replaces the Susan B. Anthony coin THE FACE OF US CURRENCY Describes each bill and explains various notations on it, and what pictures are on the front and backs. KIDSINVEST Interactive site helping kids make wise money choices SPENDING MONEY WISELY with Maxine Million US CURRENCY what pictures are on each of the US paper bills? INVESTING FOR KIDS a site written by kids for kids... examines stocks, bonds, and mutual funds and teaches the principles of saving and investing. A stock game is included. IT'S PAYDAY! take a job as a Music Store Clerk or a Pizza Deliverer.... and collect a paycheck and pay taxes. THE MONEY GAME This is a great Math/Stock/Charting game, free to schools and you can win cash for your school. CURRENT CURRENCY View front & back of all of the current bills in circulation today. THE SALARY CALCULATOR Use this calculator to compare the cost of living in hundreds of U.S. and international cities. THE SECRETS OF MAKING MONEY Anatomy of a bill, the History of a bill, can you tell what's wrong with this Bogus Bill? and much more. ELECTRONIC MONEY, E-MONEY and DIGITAL CASH Many, many links with interesting information on E-money or Digital Cash..... (teacher resource) TEACH YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT MONEY Nine tips on teaching about money INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY CONVERTER figure out how much our money is worth in other countries.

c by Barbe Kilroy

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