Coin Game

Ages: 2 - 5
Need pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters

This game helps kids learn the different shapes, sizes and colors of change.

It lets your child help with sorting coins.

Talk to him about what each coin is worth and what you can or can't buy with one or two of the same coins.

Put a pile of different coins on the table. Start with pennies, then nickles, dimes and quarters.

Let your child pick out all the pennies and place them in one pile, then do the same with the rest of the change.

When he's done, you can wrap them, place them back in your coin jar, or count up all the piles to tell him how much each pile is worth along with the total amount.

If he has a piggy bank, give him some pennies, dimes, nickles and quarters to put into his bank.

Count along with him as your deposit his money into his bank. Give him a grand total of what he has saved and talk about what that amount of money might buy.

Maybe it's a bag of candy. Maybe a toy truck from the dollar store.

Or if has a few dollars he might be able to buy a half dozen donuts for the family's Sunday morning breakfast!

Talk about the various colors of the coins and how some of them have smooth edges while other coins have ridged edges.

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