Bear just got a cash register as an early birthday present. We've been sorting the coins in till and shopping like crazy. Each time I buy from her, I try to give her a bigger bill so she can give me change. As she makes everything cost $1 we really haven't had a chance to make change with coins yet. She still needs practice recognizing them so I was excited to find a coin die printable to use with her.
Our game is to roll the die and find a matching coin in the cash register. Eventually, we'll count the value of our coins and the one with the most dollar amount will win. However, Bear is nowhere ready for that part of the game yet.
This site had lots of worksheets for printing to help with learning money. I don't feel Bear is ready for them yet, but it may help some of you.
I am so saving this site for later.
ReplyDeleteAnna has a cash register too and goes through periods of wanting to play with money and then not wanting to even hear about it. I don't push it too much - I am sure the age of wanting to buy things for real will come soon enough :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. We have a toy cash register that has not had much use, so I'll have to check out your links. Thanks.
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ReplyDeleteThis is the website I got the Montessori clock idea from. I'm not active on it but I do get monthly updates on the materials. Pretty cool stuff.
I introduced money to JC while back but she hasn't shown much interest other than wanting to ticket us for entering her room. She picked that up in NY where grandpa said they ticket everyone for just about everything.
I did decide it was time to introduce money when we would go to the stores and she would pick out a stuffed animal or toy and show me the tag with a question, "Is this too expensive?" Many times, I had to say, "Yes, it's too expensive or we don't have money for that." but that got me thinking about the book I mentioned to you earlier. It's all about teaching kids to have power over money instead of the other way around. I don't want her to go through life thinking we're too poor to get anything just as much as we're against her growing up with a sense of entitlement. I'm still rereading the book to see what we should do. I believe I will know by next week's post. I grew up thinking any desire for money or things were evil. I don't believe it has to be so. I would love to teach JC a healthier approach to money and to learn to use it wisely. I trust that she will be a better consumer/saver/investor than I am in the long run.
I like the coin dice idea. We never tire of playing dice games!
Great resources- Thanks!!
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