This Book contains worksheets that can help you teach kids to count money. Can you imagine not knowing how to count money well? You'd never know if you got the right amount of change back. You wouldn't even know how much to give the cashier. You'd not be able to budget or to keep track of your total while shopping. Wouldn't that be terrible? Money skills are very important. Children begin learning about money so young to ensure they have a good grasp on handling money when they are adults. Here's how you can help your child to learn to count money. Children may not quite understand the concept of money in terms of cost and what constitutes a good value, but most kids like money because they know you need money to buy things you want. Teaching children to count money is one of the basic concepts that they will use during the course of their entire lives, but can be confusing at first. Make sure your child has a basic understanding of simple math before introducing easy ways to count money. Children begin to learn about money at a very early age. It begins in first grade. As young as age six and seven your child learns the coin names and values. By the end of second grade children are adding and subtracting dollar amounts. Children need all the help they can get learning how to count money. These skills are needed not only for school, but also for life. Teaching money is the perfect candidate for hands-on learning. Get out the real thing, use play money, or even make your own, but the more realistic the better. Learning about money, how to earn it, save it, and spend it is of great interest to children! So they are naturally very motivated to learn how to count it. Children also instinctively recognize money as a medium of exchange and a symbolic form of power. Gradually involving children in the everyday financial affairs of the home makes good sense and will help take the mystique out of those shiny coins Preschoolers can begin to count money as soon as they begin learning to count. They may not know coin values, but show them small sets of coins separated by denomination and let them count with you. The first thing a child needs to learn is to identify the coins. They need to know the coin names and values. A penny is called a penny. That is it's name. A penny is worth one cent. To teach your child the coin names and values tell them what they are while showing them a penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and fifty cent piece. Kids learn from being shown and told. It may take telling and showing your child each coin several times. Work on one coin at a time. This prevents confusion The very best way I have of teaching coin counting is to start the first day of school and do it every day.