| Money and coins activities |
Children love playing with coins. Just tip out the contents of your purse, wash them first and put them on a tray. Ask the children to make sure it all stays on the tray, and they'll probably be happy for ages. If they run short of ideas you could suggest:
- Sort the coins
Ask your child to put all the 1p pieces together, then all the 2p pieces and so on. Children aren't always good at telling the difference between the coins, and this gives them some useful practice. Can they find one of each coin? How many different coins are there altogether? (Do you know that? Most adults need to think about it before they can answer).
- Play shopping
Take some tins and packets from the cupboard and write some simple prices on them. The prices should be less than 10p, or ones that can be paid for with a single coin - young children find giving change very hard. Now take it in turns to be the shopkeeper and shopper: 'I'll have a tin of beans, please. How much is that? 7p I'll give you seven pennies. One … two … three … four … five … six … seven. There you are.' These activities are good for sorting, counting and recognising coins.
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