When the children know numbers up to ten, they might play little
“shopping” games with coins. Show them actual coins in teaching money.
Lessons on money should be given frequently after the first year of
school life.
Begin by teaching the value of the _cent_ and the _nickel_, then the
_dime_, then the _quarter_, then the _half-dollar_, and then the
_dollar_.
Make little problems involving change. Develop the ability to make
change rapidly. The child may have some money of his own and he should
be taught the comparative values of the coins.