Although there is more to learn about money than how to count coins and bills, the subject is largely ignored in most middle and high-schools.
Big Money Adventure is actually three different adventures for different age groups.
Escape from Knab is a role-playing game from U.S. Bank that teaches financial decision-making to middle and high-school students.
At Moneyopolis (another role-playing game), you will meet Xerbie, a visitor from outer space who's stranded because he couldn't save enough money to repair his broken spaceship.
"Students tackle financial questions like professionals in this fast-paced, quiz-style game divides classrooms into two teams that compete by answering finance-themed questions to earn yardage and score touchdowns."
KidsBank.com by Sovereign Bank is a cartoon tutorial for early elementary ages explaining the fundamentals of money, savings, interest, checking and electronic banking.
Free Kids Coloring. Click on any of the thumbnails (little pictures) to open up a printable coloring page.
Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters: can you count them? Can you give change? Money-counting skills require practice, and these online money-counting games make it fun.
"How much money is here?" Aplusmath's interactive money-counting flash cards present one problem at a time, using dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies.
"Can you choose coins that add up to an amount of money?" As coins fall from the top of the screen, click on them to reach your goal.
This time you earn money in a virtual piggy bank by calculating change.
Count the various coins, and enter your answer on the calculator using your keyboard or your mouse.
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