Teachers notes

Having spent their early years learning to count in single units and knowing that 1p is one coin, children, who need to be able to count money are required, often at very early stage of maturity, to understand that one coin can also be worth 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2 and £5. Children's Money World have designed activities that specifically address this problem. uki50a - uki50f - Aim to help children understand that one 2p coin has the same value as two 1p coins.Children will already have had some experience of counting objects and class members in twos. They will be familiar with rhymes like Two, Four, Six, Eight, Mary at the cottage gate, eating cherries off a plate.

Give children a collection of 1p and 2p coins. Get them to put the 1p coins into pairs. Now let them put a 2p coin beside every pair of 1p coins saying, is the same as as they do so. Play games where children exchange two 1p coins for one 2p coin. Play shopping games where everything is priced at either 1p or 2p. Encourage children to use both 1p and 2p coins for their purchases. Read the instructions together for uki50a and make sure that children understand the task. If necessary, let them place 1p coins over the 1p coins in the sets. Now let them place the right number of 2p coins on the activity.

They can now record their understanding by drawing round the 2p coins or by using stamps or stickers. Work through uki50b - uki50f in the same way.

Instructions
Click and drag the right number of 2p coins on the right hand side of the page.  When you have finished click on the blue tick to see how well you have done.