Coin Identification | Counting Coins | Money | Money Centers | 1st & 2nd Grade

💰 Coin Identification & Money Counting Centers | 1st Grade Math | Ten-Frames & Task Cards

Give your students hands-on practice with identifying coins, counting money, and building number sense!

These engaging math centers and task cards help learners develop essential skills in coin recognition, skip counting, and money fluency while keeping practice fun and low-prep.

✨ Why Teachers Love It

Counting coins is a real-life math skill—and using ten-frames with coins helps students:

• Visualize groups and connect to place value
• Build efficient skip-counting strategies
• Strengthen addition and subtraction fluency

📦 What’s Inside

✅ Instruction Cards for 8 engaging money centers:

• Coin Value War

• Piggy Bank War

• Adding Coins

• Adding Piggy Bank Amounts

• How Much More?

• How Much Greater?

• Make It Two Ways

• Order Up

✅ Coin Identification Cards – show front/back coin images, values (¢ and $), and ten-frame representations

• 2 Quarter cards

• 6 Dime cards

• 8 Nickel cards

• 14 Penny cards

✅ Piggy Bank Value Cards – 18 color & 18 B&W cards (plus 12 blank for custom amounts)

✅ Teacher Tips & Extra Ideas – flexible ways to differentiate and extend learning

💡 Easy to Use

• Print & Go for math centers, small groups, or independent work

• Cover parts of a card for missing-coin challenges

• Match coins to show equivalencies (nickels = a quarter)

• Draw multiple cards and calculate total values

⭐ Standards Alignment

Aligned to TEKS (MA.K.4.A, MA.1.4.A-C, MA.2.5.A) and Common Core (1.NBT.3, 2.MD.8, 2.NBT.5).

🗣️ Teacher Feedback

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Perfect for my money unit! My students loved the variety of games and visuals.” – Julie D.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Such a fun way to teach coin value and counting strategies!” – Matthew B.

Perfect For:

• 1st & 2nd Grade Math Centers

• Guided Math & Small Groups

• Early Finishers & Homework

• RTI / Intervention