Early Learning Activities For Pre-K and Kindergarten
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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.
Vary the difficulty of this exercise by selecting how many coins and bills to count (three to eight) and the largest denomination you want to include (from a quarter up to a twenty-dollar bill.
August is "Get Ready for Kindergarten" month for almost two million American kids who will be entering kindergarten in the fall. Today's collection of websites include a mix of online and offline activities for parents to do with their preschoolers.
"How many M&M's do you think are in this bag?" "How many buttons does Daddy have on his shirt?" Math can be integrated into nearly any everyday activity you do with your preschoolers.