Pocket Change

Dollar scholars
Math Using 50 pennies, 20 nickels, 10 dimes and four quarters. Ask your students "How many different combinations can they find that add up to $1.00?"

H.I.P. Pocket Change™
This website has seven areas: Games, Toons, Coins and Medals, Coin News, Collectors Club, Mint History, and About this Site. Students can use this site to research the history of coins, find out which coins are coming, and how to become a coin collector.

We're In the Money: Lessons for Teaching About Money
Presidents Day is a great time to teach kids about money and its value. Every time we spend a dime (or a penny or a dollar), after all, we see the faces of those great leaders! So this week, we present five new hands-on lessons for teaching about the value of money. Included: Hold a money bee, design a coin, make predictions, discover what some consumer goods could have cost a century ago, more!

Fun with counting coins
Students will learn to match a quarter, penny, nickel, and a dime to the amount specified throughout the activities. They will also learn that we use these coins everyday of our lives. By the end of the lesson, your students will be able to look at a coin and tell what it is called and how much it is worth.

Counting Money – Count Coins
This site includes a basic worksheet for practicing counting coins and money. You can also find worksheets with amounts written on the coin, coin names, the backs of coins, Canadian coins (including Loonies), Euros, and British currency. Another worksheet that is available for download includes mixed coin fronts and backs – heads and tails for pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.

Free Online Economic Resources for Kids
This site provides an overview of economics and why it is not simply about money. It talks about how business works, stocks, bonds, taxes, and allowances.
This site was brought to our attention by Anna in New Hampshire, thanks Anna!

Have your students read Follow the Money! by Loreen Leedy (Holiday House, 2002) and follow George, a quarter, from his stamping in the Mint through his adventures in finance.