Time and Money

🧮 Time and Money

Teaching Time and Money using math prepares children for skills that are important in life. Knowing how to tell time and identify money helps a child develop responsibility and good judgment. Counting, skip counting, and number sense are other topics that relate to this area of learning. When kids know about time and money, they feel more confident taking care of daily chores and understanding finances.

Clocks

Kids first learn to read the time on both clocks, then progress to learning half and quarter hour times. They use time telling to follow their usual everyday activities, like the times for school or lunch. Working with clocks helps children develop the ability to sequence and learn the basics of time that has passed. Using pictures and models of clocks makes the subject of time much more enjoyable and interesting.

Coins

Children learn how to add different coins such as pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters in order to make different totals. They learn to recognize and sort coins by taking part in tasks like buy pretend goods or by organizing them into piles. Exploring coins helps to develop addition skills and teaches the first steps of handling money. Learning about money teaches children how numbers relate to what happens in the real world.

Activity Idea

Time & Money Hunt - Hide paper clocks and play coins around the room. Ask kids to find and read them.

Entertainment Activities

1. Clock Match Game - Match digital and analog times.

2. Coin Song Videos - Sing along while learning coin values.

3. Shopping Role Play - Use play money and a pretend store.