Jonah's teacher informed me last night at parent teacher conferences that we may want to work with him at home a little more in the area of money. He knows his coins and what they mean, but when he is challenged to add different combinations of coins, he gets all goofed up. Since Jonah had a fever and threw up yesterday, I kept him home from school today. When lunchtime came, I had this grand idea of making the kids use coins to "pay" for their lunches. This is what I did:
Hannah is still learning coin values, so her side (the left) was a bit simple, but Jonah's required him to mix and add different coins. He LOVED it. Both Jonah and Hannah ATE IT UP. Success!
Anybody have any other good ideas for teaching kids how to add different combinations of coins?
Stay tuned people...Joey is working on another blog post and it is a good one. One of those sentimental tear-jerkers. Of course, I am a bit of a sap. Anyway, I'll try to get him to post it tonight or tomorrow.
5 comments:
Generally avarice helps to sharpen their focus and gives clarity dealing with money math. Hunger helps too. Sounds like you are on the right tract. :o)
This is AWESOME!!!! I want to do it! I want to do it!! Wait. Do you think it's too early to do this for Levi? I can pour his Enfamil in the little cups and make him pay! ;)
Thanks so much for participating in muffin tin monday at my blog! LOVE , love, love what you did!
Very creative...I could use you around here! :)
Great idea! Im sure his teahcer appreciates the help :)
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