Teachers notes

Having spent their early years learning to count in single units and knowing that 1c 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 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, $1, $2 and $5. Children's Money World have designed activities that specifically address this problem. usi50a - usi50f - Aim to help children understand that one 2c coin has the same value as two 1c 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 1c and 2c coins. Get them to put the 1c coins into pairs. Now let them put a 2c coin beside every pair of 1c coins saying, is the same as as they do so. Play games where children exchange two 1c coins for one 2c coin. Play shopping games where everything is priced at either 1c or 2c. Encourage children to use both 1c and 2c coins for their purchases. Read the instructions together for usi50a and make sure that children understand the task. If necessary, let them place 1c coins over the 1c coins in the sets. Now let them place the right number of 2c coins on the activity.

They can now record their understanding by drawing round the 2c coins or by using stamps or stickers. Work through usi50b - usi50f in the same way.

Instructions
Click and drag the right number of 2c 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.