The children at Little School are learning about money and, what better way to learn than opening a shop and using real Australian coins. Another interesting hands-on activity.
I went around Little School and found some interesting objects for the shop. I put a tag in each of them with the price in dollars and cents. I added at the back of the tags a picture of their correspondent coins, so the children could have a visual idea of the coins needed to pay during their shopping experience.
In the shop I included a pen and a small notebook for writing the receipts to make the shop more realistic and to give an the children a meaningful opportunity for writing numbers. Then I collected coins ranging from 5 cents to 2 dollars.
To reinforce their knowledge of coins, the children also played a game I designed.
Edurne's Little School 