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Money games for K-2

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Looking for money games for kids?  This set of 12 free games is perfect for helping kids of all levels learn to count coins.

Get a pack of 12 free money games for K-2! These no-prep games are perfect for kids learning to count coins. Just print and play!

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Have you been downloading the games in our Print & Play series?  Each week I share a new math game for K-2, and This Reading Mama shares a literacy game.

This week, we’re counting coins.  And you get twelve free games in the pack!

These counting coins activities are so versatile! For kids just learning to recognize coins all the way up to kids counting quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies.

All the games follow the same pattern, but they get progressively harder.  The first game is quite simple. Put your playing piece on any pig. Then move around the board using a die.  When you land on a pig, name the coin and find the matching one on your board.  Color or cover it.  When you have four in a row, the game is over.  Do-a-dot markers are perfect for this!

This was the perfect starting point for my Five, who doesn’t know the names of all the coins yet.  Since the game is in black and white, he had to look really closely at the faces on the coins instead of relying on the color difference between dimes and pennies.

These counting coins activities are so versatile! For kids just learning to recognize coins all the way up to kids counting quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies.

We skipped to the third game, where he had to count pennies and mark their value. Easy peasy.

These counting coins activities are so versatile! For kids just learning to recognize coins all the way up to kids counting quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies.

After that, we moved to Game 4. He counted by tens and marked the value of the dimes.  Counting by tens is something he’s picked up somewhat naturally, but he doesn’t recognize many numbers past 20.  So this was good practice for him.

These counting coins activities are so versatile! For kids just learning to recognize coins all the way up to kids counting quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies.

My Six (going into first grade) started with Game 2.  In this game, children identify each of the four coins and mark their value.  He was able to pick up on this pretty quickly.

These counting coins activities are so versatile! For kids just learning to recognize coins all the way up to kids counting quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies.

He also played the game where he had to count the value of quarters.  This frustrated him, as he couldn’t quickly add 25’s to each other to get the values. I tried to help him see that you can just memorize how to count by 25’s.  “25, 50, 75, 100.”  This one is our little perfectionist who also wants to understand exactly how everything works, so there were some tears.

But we got through it.

These counting coins activities are so versatile! For kids just learning to recognize coins all the way up to kids counting quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies.

My Eight, who just finished second grade, wanted to play the harder versions, so we started with the toughest of all, Game 12.  She was able to count groups of quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.  It gave her a nice review.

Here’s a rundown of all twelve games:

  1. Match coins by their faces
  2. Match single coins to their value
  3. Count pennies
  4. Count dimes
  5. Count nickels
  6. Count quarters
  7. Count dimes and pennies
  8. Count nickels and pennies
  9. Count quarters and pennies
  10. Count dimes, nickels and pennies
  11. Count quarters, dimes, and nickels
  12. Count quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies

P.S. Due to popular requests, I’ve added games for my Canadian and Australian readers as well! 

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65 Comments

  1. Lauren M

    hey there! love these games; thanks so much! was printing off a few and noticed on game 4 (the dime game) that the 2nd piggy bank on the top row has pennies not dimes. just thought you might want to know. thanks again!

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  3. Leeanne

    I just found all your games!!!! I love that you have made these for independent use and partner AND they are differentiated!!!!!! I am a grade 1 teacher in Canada. I would love to make these with Canadian coins. Would you share your template or do you happen to have a Canadian version?

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    • Anna Geiger

      Hello, Leeanne! I don’t share my templates (often this violates terms of use for clip art I purchase), but if I can find the time I can make one with Canadian coins. If you could tell me which coins you’d like to see on each page (and their values) I can buy some Canadian coin clip art and put this on my to do list.

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  14. Juana

    Thank you sooooo much for including Australian coins! Usually I just skim past printables from US sites that have money as they are not relevant for my homeschooling children- but today I took a closer look and am so excited to see this included!! I will be letting my homeschooling friends know!
    Thank you for your ongoing amazing pri tables and ideas!

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  15. Kelly

    Hi Anna,

    Thank you so much for this free resource! I am student teacher in Southern Ontario, Canada, and am sooooo excited to use this tomorrow with my Grade 1’s. They will be great for practicing skip counting and counting money in general!

    With a huge smile,

    Kelly

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  17. Frishta

    Hi Anna,

    A big thank you for sharing your wonderful resources. I am a teacher in Australia and I have used a number of your resources in my classroom. My students do love using them! Your work is helping my students learn 🙂

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  18. Teresa Libera

    Thank you so very much for making these games in Canadian coins. I am a teacher in the ME tutoring English to refugee kids that are soon to be traveling to Canada. It was awesome to find this free resource. Blessings on you!!!

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  19. Andrea

    Hi Anna,

    I love your games and have the whole set. I was wondering if you would be able to make the money games without the piggy banks. I work at a religious school and cannot use anything that has pigs. My current curriculum doesn’t touch money in 1st grade, and I want to supplement with your games. Thanks for considering.

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  24. Sandra DeSmedt

    I have been trying to use some of your wonderful resources, but the “click here” buttons won’t work for me. Any idea what the issue is or how I’d fix?

    Thanks,
    Sandy

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    • Kate Dowling

      Hi Karen!

      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. Yes, the link still works. I just tested it. 🙂 Please be sure your ad blocker is turned off (and then refresh your page) so the green box is clickable. You’ll enter your email address and check your email for the file. Thanks for trying these steps!

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