This week, first grade at Oak Hill has been learning about money. We have mastered identifying pennies, nickels, and dimes, we have mastered the value of each coin, but what we are having a hard time with is counting money and exchanging coins with the same value.
Last week, I was determined to find a new app to use with my struggling first graders to practice counting and exchanging money. I was nervous that I wouldn't find one, and after a few searches I turned up empty handed. Finally, I found an app called "Little Matchups Counting Money" that is like a card matching game. Two or three cards are displayed on each side of the iPad screen. On each card is a different amount of money shown using only pennies, nickels, or dimes.
The objective is for the student to count how much money is on each card on the left side of the screen, and match it to the money card that contains the same value on the right side of the screen. This is a great app for the students I am working with because they have a hard time identifying that a different selection of coins can have the same value. For example, two nickels have the value of ten cents AND one dime has the value of ten cents AND ten pennies has the value of ten cents. By having the student count the coins on each card then match the cards that have the same value was a great way for them recognize that the same amount of money can be represented using a number of coins. The students really enjoyed using this app, and I enjoyed watching them succeed at counting money.
We also used Doodle Buddy (of course) to practice word problems. I would type a word problem on the screen, and the student would draw the coins that can be used to represent the different amounts of money. Yet again, I have found a different use for Doodle Buddy, it is by far my favorite app so far.
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