Students have a small booklet with blank pages in it.  Choosing from money cards with cent values on them (start with smaller amounts like 7 cents and gradually get more difficult as children gain confidence).  They stamp that amount of money in their books.

Using money stamps have children create patterns with them.  

Give students 10 pennies and a small plastic container like a yogurt container.  They shake all the coins then dump them out.  Children sort them according to heads or tails, then record the number of heads and tails in their math journals.  For extra adding practice, they can add the two numbers (they will always equal 10)

Children start with a game board that has 5 - 50 cents in 5 cent intervals (this game board can be found in Box Cars & One Eyed Jacks Money Matters).  Children will also need a deck of cards numbered 1-10 and some nickels.  To play; children draw a card from the deck and take that number of nickels, counting by 5's.  They can then cross that number off of their gameboard.  Play continues until one player has all their numbers crossed off.  If they already have the number crossed off the player misses a turn. 

Another Box Cars game.  This game is quite similar to "Nickels to None"  Students have a game board with the numbers 10 - 100 in 10 cent intervals, a deck of cards 1-10, and some dimes.  Players draw cards, take that number of dimes and cross the number off their board.  Play continues until one player has all their numbers crossed off.

Students begin with 2 different colour die.  Each die represents a coin, for example the blue dice is dimes and the white is pennies.  Children toss the two die and take the indicated number of coins. (Blue 3: 3 dimes, white 4: 4 pennies)  Children then add the two numbers to find a sum of money.  Children can record their answers in their math journals.  I usually have them play for a set number of die tosses.  As children gain confidence add a third die to represent nickels.

Another fabulous game from Box Cars and One Eyed Jacks.  In this game, players rolls a die and takes that number of pennies from the container.  When a player accumulates 5 pennies, they are traded in for a nickel.  The first player to get 5 nickels is the winner.

Another great Box Cars game.  The goal of this game is to collect 10 dimes.  Students start with a game board that is divided into pennies and dimes (just like tens and ones).  The first player rolls the die and takes that number of pennies and places them on the penny side of the game board.  When ten pennies are collected, the player trades them in for 1 dime, placing the dime on the appropriate side of the game board.

For this activity I collected pictures of toys and candies from flyers.  I glued them onto a card and gave each a value.  Students then grab a handful of coins from the container (I have the coins all mixed up).  Students count their coins and decide what they will buy.  Recording their purchases in their math journals.  Students may check their purchases and change with the calculators.