I am not a big fan of worksheets, but some kids really love them. This site has several nice ones that you can print and make available for children who want to work on them. Some may be too sophisticated for preschool-aged children, but others might be just right. Take a stroll through the site […]
On Monday, I wrote about cash registers as a classroom tool that can support early money concepts. Cash registers, themselves, are not exactly math manipulatives, but they can be used to support the use of math manipulatives like money. Using the cash register in the house keeping area makes a lot of sense if you […]
Toy cash registers have come a long way since my children were little. Ours had buttons with numbers and a big button that opened the drawer. That was all. Inside, there was space for the pretend money. Funnily enough, I actually remember that the money that came with the register didn’t quite fit in the […]
Children love money. They love pretend money. The love spending money. They often love going shopping, and spending money. My children could sit for hours playing with my wallet, organizing the credit cards, IDs, and money. I think part of this fascination is that money is fundamentally a grown-up possession, and a grown-up activity. They […]
This game is a nice way to continue supporting children as they learn to distinguish between the different kinds of coins we use everyday. Using the mouse, children sort the coins into jars. Each jar has a picture of the coin (a quarter, nickel, dime, or penny) on the front. This visual clue is important, […]
In addition to providing children with pretend American money to play with, wouldn’t it be cool if you also had money from other countries for children to explore? I like to think about all of the interesting ways we can support each family’s background (language, artifacts, food, festivals) why not currency? I only found one […]
It might be fun to get creative on the computer and create your own classroom money complete with children’s pictures in the middle and a picture of your classroom on the other side. I would definitely laminate the bills as they will not last the morning if you don’t. Imagine how children will take an […]
This Saturday, nerds around the globe will rejoice as we celebrate what can only be called a once-in-a-lifetime event, “Pi Day of the Century.” March 14th, or 3.14 is always called Pi Day. Over the past couple of years, I have written about Pi Day more than a couple of times, but this year, […]
I know that I keep writing about various types of magnetic manipulatives and you would need an entire wall in your classroom to accommodate them all, but I really like this set, and thought you might too.Again, I wouldn’t expect preschool aged children to use this set to create relationships like the ones above, but it […]
This month is all about money. Money is a pretty interesting concept for young children. It is one of those items that they see every day and they hear about all of the time, but they are not really allowed to have any or touch. When Noah was about 4 he told us that he […]