Play money is an interactive way of teaching students the basics of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and place value.
The play money kits are designed to meet the needs of a classroom. These class kits are also found in our Lower, Middle, and Upper Primary School Math's Trolleys, each containing a wide range of equipment that covers various skill levels and topics such as numeracy, operations, fractions, and more.
Our range of classroom Money Class Kit and Money Set include play money along with other resources.
My Classroom Shop Kit is perfect for setting up a pretend classroom shop. This encourages children to think creatively about selling an item, use clear communication skills, and have fun when applying maths.
To teach your kids about the basics of trading, try giving them a daily budget of pretend coins and notes along with some vegetable counters and fruit counters. They can assign reasonable value to the counters and then practise trading for play money.
In a group, try mixing all different kinds of play coins and notes into separate piles for each player. On three, every player must sort their play money into piles based on currency and colour. The first person to finish sorting their money is the winner.
The coins and notes are a great way to ask fraction-related questions. For example, what is 20% of this $80? When setting up a pretend shop, students can apply discounts to products as a way of incorporating fractions into the game.