Counting, Adding and Understanding Money

We have done many activities to learn about money. This game was called Cups of Coins. The kids worked with their learning buddies. They would run to the table and get a 'cup of coins', together they would count and then add how much they have.  Then they recorded the amount. We learned that it is easier to add the money if you count the biggest money first and separate them into dollars and then add on. We also learned that when you are writing the correct amount of money you must include a dollar or cent sign and a decimal point.