🔢 Ready for Class 1 · Numbers & shapes · Ages 6–7 · about 3 weeks Dates: to

Coins and Notes

Goal: Recognise coins and notes, count money, exchange coins for notes, and solve simple shopping problems.

For parents: Use your country's money (for example, rupees). An adult chooses current coins and notes or draws large pretend versions. Work with a small selection first. Adults supervise real money and keep it away from younger children.

Do together

  1. Exchange desk

    You need: Coins and notes chosen by an adult, or large pretend money cards

    Swap coins for a note of the same value: two 5s for a 10, five 10s for a 50. Both sides must be worth the same. If your money has no 5 or 50, choose swaps that work with it. How many different ways can you make 20?

  2. Toy shop

    You need: Toys with price tags up to 100

    Label two toys so their combined price is no more than 100 in your country's money (for example, rupees). Add the prices together. Choose a pretend payment at least as large as the total and work out the change using drawings or objects.

  3. Real shopping

    You need: A trip to a small shop

    Give your child a note to pay for one item. Before paying, guess the change; afterwards, count it together.

Talk about it

  • Which is worth more, three 10 coins or a 20 note?
  • How much change will you get?
  • Can you buy both with 50 rupees?

Words to use

  • coin
  • note
  • rupees
  • change
  • cost
  • exchange
  • total

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