Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Pennies Make Cents
This is a lesson that allows for students to examine pennies. Includes links to information about coins as well as activities. It also includes information on the history of the penny.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: Civil War Money
Resource gives a history of money through the Civil War. It includes information about what influenced types of money to be made, Confederate currency, and Union currency.
Purple Math
Purplemath: "Coin" Word Problems
This site demonstrates how to solve 'coin' word problems, given relationships between the types of coins.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Bills and Coins Word Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice solving word problems involving money.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Coin Box
An interactive game involving coins to learn basic money skills such as counting money, making change and identifying coins of different denominations
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Writing the Value of the Money in Each Purse
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice looking at a picture of a purse and determining the total value of money in the purse.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Writing Prices of Items
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes what the numerical value of money translates to in dollars and cents. The video is followed by additional problems for students to practice the...
Other
My Schoolhouse: Counting Money: Coins
Interactive lesson teaches students how to count coins. Students can practice the skill and check their answers.
Starfall
Starfall: Coin Monkey
This lesson focuses on coins and how to count them to make other coins: pennies, nickles, and quarters.
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills: Lessons: Pre K Grade2
Four lessons on basic money skills for young learners cover topics such as identifying money, spending money, and earning money.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 1: Money Basics
Why do we use money? Learn why we need money and to identify bills and coins.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Counting Up the Cost!
Fourth graders love to shop! In this exciting instructional activity, 4th graders will discover how to count money using some real world activities. This instructional activity includes a detailed lesson plan, printable worksheets, and a...
Crayola
Crayola: Money in the Bank
Young bankers and storekeepers practice counting money and making change. They keep their money in this recycled-box bank.
A&E Television
History.com: 5 Iron Age Tools and Innovations
New techniques helped make iron stronger -- but there were also innovations in the use of gold, silver and stone. "The earliest iron objects in the world...start showing up around 3000 B.C.," says Nathaniel Erb-Satullo, a lecturer in...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: School Bus: Money
Practice basic money skills with Miss Betty, the school bus driver, in these interactive learning exercises.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Halloween: Shopping
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real life scenario doing Halloween shopping. Those skills include solving money problems with addition and subtraction and understanding the value of money and coins.
Other
Nearpod: Making Change
In this lesson on making change, 2nd graders learn key vocabulary, explore skip counting on number lines, and apply their learning to a real-world scenario.
Other
Nearpod: Word Problems: Money
In this instructional activity on money word problems, 2nd graders learn about the different coins, explore skip counting on number lines, and apply their learning to a real-world scenario.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Halloween: Number: Count to 10
Dress up and join Emma in her Halloween adventure.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Adding Nickels and Pennies
Use this interactive online game to find the sums of different combinations of pennies and nickels. The game keeps a running total of correct and incorrect answers, as well as the percent of correct answers.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Adding Dimes and Pennies
Use this online game to add different combinations of dimes and pennies. The game keeps a percent score of your correct answers, as well as a running total of the number of your correct and incorrect answers.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Adding Dimes, Nickels, and Pennies
Add different combinations of pennies, nickels, and dimes with this online game. You can see the percent of correct answers you have, as well as running totals of correct and incorrect answers.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Adding Dollars, Dimes, and Pennies
Practice counting money using this online game. You'll be adding different combinations of dollars, dimes, and pennies together. The game keeps a running total of your correct and incorrect answers, as well as the percent of correct...