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Knowing how to make change is an important skill in daily life, whether you are a customer or business employee. Take a look at TabStart's page on Making Change Activities, where you will find several fun, new ways to teach students about making change. Included below are games, lesson plans, and projects that students will enjoy.
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Making Change Activities for Students - This page from the University of Richmond website provides many resources for 2nd grade students who are learning about money. The site begins with children's books associated with money. Then you will find several links to games associated with making change. The end of the page has quite a few more links to sites with worksheets, lesson plans, and other activities.
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Online Making Change Word Problems - This link will take you to several different sets of word problems about making change. Each set of word problems has a picture and images of coins. After students try to solve the problems, they can click on a link at the bottom of the problem set to see the correct answers.
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Online Change Maker Practice Activity - In this activity students are given the "amount of sale" and "amount paid" in the top left-hand corner of the page. Student click on the correct number of dollars and coins to make the correct change. Students can choose their level of difficulty as well as the appropriate type of currency to play this game.
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Counting Money & Making Change Worksheets - This website provides many different options for worksheets about counting coins and money. You can choose the number of problems on the page and how many bills and coins you want in each problem. Another great feature of this site is that every time you refresh the browser it provides new problems.
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Cash Out - Making Change Game - In this online game grocery store customers wish to buy different items, and the player's job is to give the customer the correct change. This game has three different difficulty levels, hints can be displayed, and the player has the option of having the correct change amount displayed.
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Making Change Game - In this game the student's' goal is to make change using the fewest dollars and coins possible. Players in this game help the cashier at a pet store learn to make change.
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Tower Building Project on a Budget - Groups of students build towers out of straws, paper clips, and masking tape in this unique lesson. Each piece of building material has a different price associated it. The goal is for the students to build the tallest tower with the smallest budget.
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Making Change from a Dollar Activity - In this game students make change for an amount that is less than a dollar. The student is given three choices for the correct amount.
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Kids.gov - Money - This terrific resource for young students provides links to kids' pages at a number of financial agency websites, such as the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of the Treasury, and the Securites and Exchange Commission.
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Tips for Teaching Students about Money - This page from the Securities and Exchange Commission website provides teachers with a number of excellent tips for teaching their students about saving and investing. Key topics that are explored in this page include "Why Save and Invest?," "What is 'Compound Interest'?," "Risk and Return," and more.
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Fun Activities that Teach Kids about Money - This wonderful resource from the Washington Department of Financial Institutions provides teachers, parents, and students in grades 5-12 with several great links to activities that encourage kids to get on the right track financially from an early age.