Coin Crew Shop

What your kid learns

• Find the price

  Look for the price tag. It shows what the thing costs.

• Make the price with coins

  Pick coins that add up to the price. Two dimes and a nickel make 25¢. A quarter is 25¢, too.

• The seller checks

  The seller counts your coins. Then you get the thing. Sometimes you get a receipt, too.

• Now it’s the store’s money

  After you pay, the store owns the money.

The story: Jo shops, then sells

In a pretend shop, Jo pays 15 cents with a dime and a nickel for a toy car, then plays the seller and checks a grown-up’s coins.

1. Helper: Hi there! Welcome to the Coin Crew Shop.
2. Jo: I want the toy car. How much is it?
3. Seller: The toy car is 15¢.
4. Helper: Jo picks a dime and a nickel. That makes 15¢!
5. Seller: That’s the price. Here is your car and a receipt.
6. Helper: Now Jo is the seller! A grown-up wants the ball.
7. Jo: You gave me one dime. That is 10¢. It matches!
8. Helper: Make the price, then pay. Now the money belongs to the store.

The game: Coin Crew Shop

Make each pretend price with coins. Then tap Check.

Games use pretend money and work with taps or a keyboard. Nothing is timed.

New words

pay

give money for a thing

Also called: payment

receipt

paper showing what you bought

Also called: record, statement

Questions at the end

• The toy car is 15¢. Which coins make 15¢?
• You paid. Whose money is it now?
• What is a receipt?

Remember this

Make the price, then pay.

Talk about it

If something cost 15¢, which coins could you use to pay?

Try it at home: Play store

1. Play store with paper coins. One of you buys. One of you sells.
2. Make the price with coins, then pay.
3. At a real store with a grown-up, you can hand over the money.

No coins at home? Cut coin circles from paper and write 1¢, 5¢, 10¢ or 25¢ on each.

School standards

• Grade 1
• Texas TEKS 1.4C
• Florida standards MA.1.M.2.3
• C3 Social Studies Framework, Economics D2.Eco.5.K-2
• National Standards for Personal Financial Education: Spending