Learn by Doing

• Create a student store, post office, or bank to practice money skills; use realistic looking coins and bills
• Present different everyday objects and talk about their value
• Work with real life money skills, such as paying for book orders and school lunch
• Use menus from local restaurants; have students select items for a meal, calculate the cost and determine the change they receive
• Use various catalogs of interest to the student; have the student select items and calculate the cost