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by Jennet Hayes (Author)
Money Counting Workbook for Kids
Helping kids learn to count money does not need to be confusing or stressful. This workbook breaks everything down into small, easy steps that children can follow with confidence. Every page is designed for kids, with clear instructions, lots of visuals, and gentle practice. Kids learn what coins and bills look like, what they are worth, how to write money amounts, and how to use money in real-life situations. The activities build slowly so children feel successful from beginning to end.
The workbook starts with all the basic coins. Children learn the penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, and one-dollar coin. They trace the names, circle the correct coins, match coins to values, and learn how to recognize money quickly. After that, they meet every U.S. bill from $1 to $100, learning both the front and back of each one. These pages give kids a strong foundation before they ever work with totals or change.
As the workbook moves forward, children learn how coins and bills can show amounts together. They write money in cents and dollars, match amounts to pictures, compare values, and practice writing money in word form. Once they are ready, kids learn how to add coins, add bills, and add mixed sets of money. Everything is shown step by step with examples first and practice second. When children finish this unit, they understand how to combine dollars and cents and how to find totals in simple situations.
The making change unit teaches real-world subtraction in a gentle way. Kids learn how to make change from different bills. They complete short sentences, circle the correct change, match change amounts, and solve small shopping stories. The final unit brings everything together with real-life pages like menus, price tags, grocery items, and pretend play stores. Children read prices, pick items within a budget, compare costs, and solve everyday word problems. These skills help them understand what money looks like outside the workbook.
Below is a clear list explaining everything your child will learn in each unit of the workbook:
- Introduction - Understanding what money is and the different forms in which money comes, along with symbols. Unit 1: Meet the Coins - Penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, and the one-dollar coin with tracing and matching activities.
- Unit 1 Activities - Circling coins, identifying values, matching coins to names, and learning coin differences.
- Unit 2: Meet the Bills - All U.S. bills from $1 to $100 with picture recognition and value practice.
- Unit 2 Activities - Matching bills, finding values, circling the correct bill, and learning bill features.
- Unit 3: Add It Up - Adding coins, adding bills, and adding mixed money amounts step by step.
- Unit 3 Activities - Easy and harder addition problems, fill-in sums, and combining dollars with cents.
- Unit 4: Dollars and Coins Together - Writing cents and dollars, comparing amounts, and matching groups to written values.
- Unit 4 Activities - Labeling amounts, writing money in two ways, word-form practice, and sorting mixed groups.
- Unit 5: Making Change - Finding change using subtraction and count-up strategies with simple prices.
- Unit 5 Activities - Matching change, choosing the correct amount, and solving short shopping questions.
- Unit 6: Real-World Money - Word-to-number practice, rewriting money forms, and everyday money choices like menus, price tags and pretend stores.
- Unit 6 Activities - Rewriting money forms, fixing inc...
Number of Pages: 112Dimensions: 0.23 x 11 x 8.5 INPublication Date: December 17, 2025
