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Collecting coins game

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I created this fun and simple game to teach the names of coins.  It works well for older preschoolers, kindergartners, and kids in first grade.

Teach the names of coins with this free printable game!

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Teach the names of coins with this free printable game!

You will need

  • a game board (get it in the download at the end of this post)
  • playing cards (also in the download)
  • coins (we used a whole sleeve each of quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies — but you won’t need quite that much)
  • a die
  • playing pieces

Teach the names of coins with this free printable game!

Teach the names of coins with this fun game!

How to play

1. Give each player 5 quarters, 5 dimes, 5 nickels, and 5 pennies.   Have your child count out the coins for each player if he’s up for it.

2. Take turns rolling the die and moving around the game board.

  • If you land on a coin, you get ONE of that coin from the bowl of coins.
  • If you land on a colored space, draw a card from the pile.

Teach the names of coins with this free printable game!

These are the cards. Depending on what you draw, you will either buy something and pay out of your own coins into the coin bowl, or get coins from the bowl as a gift.

If you do not have enough coins to pay for something, just pay what you are able to (if it calls for five pennies and you only have three, just pay three).

3. Keep playing until all players have reached the piggy bank.

4. At the end of the game, each player counts up his coins.  Whoever has the most coins, wins.  If you’d like, add up the value of the coins to determine the winner.  This will be something a grown up will have to do unless older children are playing the game.

Teach the names of coins with this free printable game!

This game was a HUGE hit with my daughter, who is just finishing first grade. She wanted to play it countless times throughout the day.  Even though she knows the names of coins pretty well, this gave her additional practice.  At the end of the game, she enjoyed finding the value of her winnings with my help.

When she played with her brother, who has not yet started kindergarten, they added up the number of coins to determine the winner.

A tip: When printing, print pages 1-2 back to back. Then you will have the instructions on the back of the game.  I like to print my games on cardstock and laminate for durability.

Have fun!

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Filed Under: Math, Time, money & measurement Tagged With: first grade, kindergarten, money

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27 Comments

  1. Leah

    December 22, 2021 at 2:31 pm

    This is super cute! I can’t wait to try it with my PreK Class!
    One hitch, though – we are a Jewish program and so we don’t celebrate Christmas, Easter, or Valentine’s Day. Can I change (or can you?) Christmas to Hanukkah, Easter to a Passover Seder plate, and Valentine’s day to the Tooth Fairy?
    Thanks!

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    • Heather Groth, Customer Support

      December 22, 2021 at 8:16 pm

      Hi Leah! We aren’t planning on making any edits to this freebie, but if you’re able to adjust the secured file for your own use, that is fine. Thank you!

      Reply to this comment
  2. Mary

    April 12, 2019 at 6:31 am

    We are looking forward to playing this. It looks like so much fun. Thank you for sharing!!

    Reply to this comment
  3. Edie

    September 24, 2018 at 2:26 pm

    Thanks so much for finding the Canadian clip art and making the Canadian Coin games. You are the best!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      October 1, 2018 at 4:18 pm

      You’re very welcome, Edie!

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  4. Della M. Greer

    May 24, 2018 at 8:23 am

    Thanks for the resource for Money Math for teaching multi-grade summer school.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 24, 2018 at 5:58 pm

      You’re welcome, Della!

      Reply to this comment
  5. Jennie

    February 22, 2016 at 4:01 am

    These are AWESOME!!!!

    Thank you SO much.

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    • Anna Geiger

      February 26, 2016 at 5:22 pm

      You’re very welcome, Jennie!

      Reply to this comment
  6. Sherry

    April 25, 2015 at 12:19 pm

    Looks like a fabulous game. Perhaps you could make one using Canadian coins.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      April 25, 2015 at 12:37 pm

      I’d have to find Canadian coin clip art…

      Reply to this comment
  7. Meaghan Dunham

    March 26, 2015 at 3:14 pm

    Thank you for sharing! This is brilliant! I will be using this in summer camp with Rising K-2 students this year!!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      April 7, 2015 at 3:23 pm

      I’m so glad you can use it, Meaghan!

      Reply to this comment
  8. Debbie @ http://kidsbibledebjackson.blogspot.com/

    April 25, 2014 at 3:40 pm

    Thanks for sharing! Looks like a fun way to learn! Pinned it!

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    • Anna Geiger

      April 26, 2014 at 7:25 pm

      Thank you for the pin, Debbie!

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  9. Heather Carlson

    April 24, 2014 at 1:23 pm

    Great game, Anna! Thanks for sharing!

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    • Anna Geiger

      April 26, 2014 at 7:25 pm

      Thank you for checking it out, Heather!

      Reply to this comment

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