Money Lessons -

Coins Primary grade students can use this web based learning site to learn all about the basics of money.	Counting on Coins Lesson - Students utilize a variety of activities to learn about money.
SHOPPING Lesson -Grades K-2 -- Students are often taught money skills through the use of worksheets. They're seldom given a chance to apply the skill in a realistic manner and often become bored with the drill of worksheets. This lesson provides them with practice opportunities prior to going into the community to shop.	Grade Level: 2-4 Lesson You have just won a $100 gift certificate to buy some toys! You must try to spend as much of it as you can without going over. Let's go shopping and have some fun!
Coin Puzzles - Reproducible coin puzzles. Students match pictures of coins to numbers	Currency Exchange - Students work cooperatively to solve a mystery through currency related clues
Pizza Server Lesson - your students can order a virtual pizza with all the fixin's — and solve math problems based on their order. Kids can choose toppings like green M&Ms, nuts and bolts, and firecrackers to adorn their pizzas. You can have your pizza delivered over the Web or to your e-mail address — and it'll arrive complete with a bill. But before you let your class order, make sure to give them a budget and have them read the menu so they don't overspend!	Lemonade Stand - Here kids can pay rent and advertising fees, and calculate the number of cups of lemonade they'll try to sell based on a daily weather report. The game is set up to show kids the realities of dealing with expenses and profits in a real-world situation.
Exact Change Please - A six week unit with lesson plans and reproducibles. Students add two-digit numbers, and count money to a dollar	Goods and Services - A lesson plan about spending money that uses a game as a simulation
How Can A Bank Pay Your Interest? - A lesson plan with worksheets for teaching students how to use a calculator to find simple interest	Money Equivalents - Lessons and activities for teaching about the basic denominations of U.S. currency. Printable worksheets and a game support lessons
Money in the Bank - Intercurricular activity ideas, a short play, and games for teaching about money	Money Really Matters Unit - This is a hands-on learning unit on money. Children will learn about the history of money, foreign currency, savings, budgets, checking accounts, stock markets, money attitudes, economics, and will eventually create their own business.
Number Cents - Two lesson ides for teaching about money using hands-on activities	Our Money - Information, pictures, and a teacher's guide for teaching about U.S. Currency, counterfeit protection, and the history of money
Pennies: A Little Goes a Long Way -Students will learn how to convert pennies and other coins into their respective coins.eg: 25 pennies are equal to one quarter. Students can also get practice identifying odd and even numbers through this game	Practical Money Skills for Life - Three units of lesson plans about money and responsibility. Units are divided by grade levels: preschool-2, 3-6, and 7-12. Lessons include printable activities
Showcase of Bills - A visually fascinating and information-rich tour of America's changing paper currency	Spend or Save Game - A printable board game with directions for teaching about the importance of saving money
The Million $ Mission - Students explore patterns of exponential growth of money. Lesson includes charts, graphs, questions, and teacher's notes	The Story of Jack and The Bank Stalk - A lesson plan that connects the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale to economics by teaching about the functions of money and banks
Money Match - In this activity, children play a change counting game.	My Own Store - In this activity, children will cut and paste items to go with each price tag, then swap with another child and purchase each item to show an understanding of pennies and nickels by recording correct combinations of coins.
Name That Coin - In this activity, children examine coins to identify them and determine their values.	Coin Game - The object of this game is to provide practice in trading coins. Pennies are placed on a circle gameboard. After spinning the spinner the student takes the identified pennies and places them on the graph provided under the penny column. Play continues by trading up, or moving the pennies into the nickle column and then dime column until the combination totals up to a quarter. The game may also be played as a "race to fifty cents", "race to one dollar", or to any combinations students require assistance in trading
Money Worth - In this activity, children use coins and coupons to count change and think about how money is used in real-life.	Alexander - In this lesson, students will read and use the story, Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst to add and subtract money. Includes a reproducible student handout.
Mental Money - At the Harvest Co-op Supermarkets Web site, students focus on subtraction strategies as they work with real prices of monthly specials at a food co-op in Cambridge, Massachusetts."	Change Maker - At this site, students play a game that helps improve their abilities to count and make change.