Learning Money for Children in 1st and 2nd Grade
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5 min2ndMath
Summary
An animated Mage Math lesson on counting money — naming coins and adding up their values, made for grade 2. Bright 3-D animation walks kids through it with clear, worked examples they can pause and try.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Talk about it
Learning Money for Children in 1st and 2nd Grade clicks once you see it worked out. Watch an example, then use these questions to make sure it stuck.
- What is each coin worth?
- How would you count a handful of mixed coins?
- Which two coins together equal the same as a dime?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: penny, nickel, dime, quarter.
Try it: Count out 25 cents two different ways using coins (real or drawn). Write the total each way.