Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: I'm Into Money!!!
Many students come to third grade needing to review and/or be retaught counting money and making change. This lesson will begin with a review of counting money. It will then introduce making change.This lesson plan was created as a...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Making Change
Second graders count by 5s, 10s and 25s to add money amounts and make change.
Other
Pbs: Grocery Store, Making Change
This grocery store lesson plan will help your students understand the process of making change with real-life examples. Try adapting this Ohio State Standard based lesson to your state standards.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Money Game: Counting Money
Students solve money word problems and count correct change to answer the questions.
Crayola
Crayola: Money in the Bank
Young bankers and storekeepers practice counting money and making change. They keep their money in this recycled-box bank.
Math Drills
Math Drills: Money Worksheets
Download these free worksheets to sharpen your money skills. Sheets focus on adding and subtracting money, counting coins, dollars, making change, and multiplying and dividing money.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Change Due
This lesson explains what making change is, contains a game and other resources to help you practice this important skill.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Lesson Plan: Money, Money, Money
It all about money! Explore the concept of money in this real-world, unit plan. A collection of six lessons where students practice skills such as coin identification, mental math, menu math, making change, math operations with coins,...
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Change Due
Students can practice counting change in a series of self-check exercises and timed learning games.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Making Change
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will drag various coins and paper money to count up to make change. They will also solve real life situations to make change.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Consumer Math
From basics such as adding and subtracting money, converting coins, and making change to more advanced topics such as sales tax and simple interest, this interactive tutorial offers help with consumer math issues.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Changes in Change
This instructional activity begins with students visiting one web resource that gives them practice in counting money. The second resource goes one step further in that students are given opportunities to make change for make-believe...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Counting Up the Cost!
Fourth graders love to shop! In this exciting lesson, 4th graders will discover how to count money using some real world activities. This lesson includes a detailed lesson plan, printable worksheets, and a link to an online interactive...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Tea Store: Subtraction With Money
These interactive games will explore hexagons, counting, making change, and sorting objects.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Change Maker
Play games that let you practice making change in five different currencies: Australia, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, and United States.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Coin Box
An interactive game involving coins to learn basic money skills such as counting money, making change and identifying coins of different denominations
Starfall
Starfall: Coin Monkey
This lesson focuses on coins and how to count them to make other coins: pennies, nickles, and quarters.
Lizard Point Quizzes
Lizardpoint: Buy It With the Little Farmer
This is an engaging math money game that helps students on three different levels master the concept of paying for various items.
Other
The Actuarial Foundation: Math Academy: Dining Out [Pdf]
Students will understand and apply concepts of fractions, decimals and percents to count money, make change, figure tax/tips and participate in other restaurant-related activities.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Count It Up!
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart was created for elementary grade level students (grades 2-3) learning to make change by counting up. It also includes links to three websites with additional practice.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Change Maker
This is the Canadian version of the Change Maker game. Practise making small amounts of change in Canadian currency by choosing how many of each coin is needed.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Lets Go Shopping With Change
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students count out coins to pay for different items and different ways you can write cents. There are various items and opportunities for students can practice shopping. This makes a great center activity.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Count How Much Money You Have
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart makes a great center or an addition to your money lesson. Students work in pairs or groups. One student drags an amount of money out for their partner and the partner counts the total.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Coin Box
Learn how to count, collect, exchange, and make change for coins by manipulating coins using an array representation.