Teacher are to teach students “ money amounts in dollars and cents, form different totals using dollars and cents, and carry out simple calculations such as change from small amounts” (VELS). There are many helpful resources to do so and some can be found below. In order for students to successfully reach VELS level 2 math number they must learn about money, how to calculate cents and dollars.
Money is something that teachers can get very creative with when teacher. Below there are a couple of ideas to inspire you when teaching money to children because after all we are trying to make learning as fun and interactive as possible to enable students to get the most out of their learning.
Have a shop with play money. Have some students working in the shop and other students as customers. In the shop the students there could be in charge of working out shange for purchanced items. The customers are in charge of making sure they have enough money to purchace items and that they are given the correct change.
The teacher could also set up a piggy bank where there is a set amount in the piggy bank and the children have to figure out how to make up the exact amount of money in the piggy bank
The teacher could also have a number of newspapers and give the children a bugdget where they are too buy a number of items from the paper that add up to the budget.
The above dot points are hands on tasks and get the children activitly involved. Getting the children involved, especially in math, is essential to teaching. The above activities are fun but they get the children thinking about money and how to calculate it. They get the children thinking about the value of money and are a great way to teach children about money.
MONEY
Teacher are to teach students “ money amounts in dollars and cents, form different totals using dollars and cents, and carry out simple calculations such as change from small amounts” (VELS). There are many helpful resources to do so and some can be found below.In order for students to successfully reach VELS level 2 math number they must learn about money, how to calculate cents and dollars.
Money is something that teachers can get very creative with when teacher. Below there are a couple of ideas to inspire you when teaching money to children because after all we are trying to make learning as fun and interactive as possible to enable students to get the most out of their learning.
- Have a shop with play money. Have some students working in the shop and other students as customers. In the shop the students there could be in charge of working out shange for purchanced items. The customers are in charge of making sure they have enough money to purchace items and that they are given the correct change.
- The teacher could also set up a piggy bank where there is a set amount in the piggy bank and the children have to figure out how to make up the exact amount of money in the piggy bank
- The teacher could also have a number of newspapers and give the children a bugdget where they are too buy a number of items from the paper that add up to the budget.
The above dot points are hands on tasks and get the children activitly involved. Getting the children involved, especially in math, is essential to teaching. The above activities are fun but they get the children thinking about money and how to calculate it. They get the children thinking about the value of money and are a great way to teach children about money.