Summary
“The Money Song (Australian Coins Song)” is a Scratch Garden song-and-animation that teaches counting money — recognizing coins and adding their values. A short, catchy video — easy to drop into a math lesson, a warm-up, or a transition.
Viewer safety
All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Counting money means knowing what each coin is worth and adding the values together. (This song uses one country's coins — the skill is the same everywhere.)
- Which coins did the song show, and what is each one worth?
- How do you add up a handful of mixed coins?
- Why is it useful to count by 5s and 10s when counting coins?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: coin, value, cents, add, money.
Try it: Draw three coins and write the value of each. Then add them up and write the total.