She learned the concept of a quarter is 25 cents, a dime is 10, etc. but now adding those together is the problem...she can't tell me what a quater, dime and nickel total are. She knows how to count by 5's, 10's, 25's...but I can't get her to understand how to add the monies all together.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks
Maybe you could use white tape & put a small piece on 1 side of a coin & have her write the number value... Have her do this for all the coins you are going to add; then she can just add the numbers... I would imagine after labeling then adding on a few separate occasions; you could have her try to do this w/o the labels ;)
Practice and repetition. She'll get it eventually...
Make sure she knows how to count each coin in alike groups....so she knows 5 dimes equals 25 cents (show it that she can count by 5's), do the same with dimes showing her she can count by tens...once she knows how to do that much do what the first person who replied said...put 10 pennies next to a dime, 5 pennies next to a nickel, etc. After she grasps what each coin is equal to in pennies, randomly ask her questios like, "if I have 5 pennies, how many nickels do I have? If I have 1 dime, how many pennies do I have?" do it in the car, during bathtime, etc...things like this really help kids retain what they're learning. Just be sure that you make it fun, don't make it stressful. Money is a hard concept for kids to learn. When you go to the grocery store for something like a gallon of milk, pay cash and let her count out the money. So many parents only use debit/credit cards now that kids aren't even exposed to real cash! Fun things like this will really, really help make the abstract idea of money more concrete for her.
Shouldn't they be teaching her this in school? My daughter is 7 years old and even since last year she is learing the values or different types of money and they also teach addition and subtraction at that age so it seems pretty easy. Is it that she doesn't know how to add the different numbers together yet? I would start there and make sure she knows how to add all of the different numbers together.
C., just use the pennies to explain...Sort out 10 pennies and put a dime next to it, sort out another 10 pennies, put another dime, then sort out another 5 and put a nickel next to it - Have her count the pennies and explain that all that amounts to a quarter and put a quarter next to it. That way she knows based on the pennies that 5 pennies = a nickel and 25 pennies = a quarter....the pennies are consistent (the names -dimes, quarter etc might be messing up the concept)
We got this money countinng thing for my 6 &7 year olds at Lakeshore Learning Center. It tells you what something costs and you have to figure out how to pay for it by doing a puzzle. They have learned a lot just playing with it a couple of times.
I used to teach my first graders a game with a dice, money and paper - If you want to know more and don't understand just let me know! I would have a piece of paper divided in to columns labeled with the various coins at the top (25, 10, 5, 1). Then my students would roll a dice and use the number that came up (ie 4) and put 4 pennies in the penny column. Then they would check to see if they could trade in their coins for a nickel. If they could they'd trade if not they'd roll again. Each time they would roll, add the coins (trade if necessary), then add up the total coins they had and write their amounts down (reinforcing that they needed to be added together to make an amount). We'd play until they would reach a certain amount (like 1.00) and start again!
Another way would be to label items in your house and "go shopping" together where she would add the total up and give it to you in coins. You could label things she likes like stickers, crayons, etc and she could earn them by getting the right amounts.
Also having her pay for things in public is a good option and applying what she is learning to "real life" situations.
That's all I can think of right off top of my head - hopefully not too confusing!
I'm sure that by now this answer is no longer needed, but for anyone else looking at this answer, I think that maybe the question is making reference to the concept of adding by 10 when it's not straight forward 10, 20,, 30, 40 etc. for example if a child has not learned adding 10 to any number without putting it on paper then the jump from going from 25 (quarter) to 35 (with the dime), and doing it quickly in their head, may be causing the stumble. Just a different take since my preschooler was getting stuck here. I just kept going over the number chart to teach the "add 10 more" number concept and that got him over the stumble.
Looks like you have some good suggestions. I always got out a bag of change and used the pennies to show how five of them was the same as a nickel and that instead of counting by ones, it is faster to count by fives with a nickel, etc. It is a tough concept and will take a while. Once she starts to get it, have her "pay" for snacks or breakfast, etc. with spare change. Maybe try to pick up a placemat that has the money on it so it reminds her when she sits at the table.
