Money skills for special education

Looking for a simple teaching strategy for basic money skills? Counting coins and money is a skills that ALL students MUST have.

Love how @KayrnTripp teaches her kids about money through age-appropriate games! Definitely using this financial literacy printable game inspired by @BethKobliner. MoneyGenius AD

Tasked to teach kids about money? These fun money activities for middle school students will keep them engaged and learning.

25 FUN Money Games - These creative and unique money games for kids are a great way to help kids practice counting money. Counting money activities and counting money games make learning fun for kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade kids. (money games for kindergarten, homeschool)

High interest and functional money math activities that are leveled to meet the needs of a mixed-ability classroom. Just what you need for math centers or stations that stay fresh each time you use them… because what kid doesn’t love fast food restaurants?!?

Money skills help our students navigate through life with fewer financial struggles and better prepare them for the real world. In this post, I am sharing 3 ways to teach basic money skills in your special education classroom. These money lessons will help students identify coins, solve word problems, and apply life skills by setting up a pretend store. Students can take these money skills to learn about saving and spending. Check out these money activities for math centers today!

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Functional money skills are crucial to our life skills students independence. Read about the money skills I teach my life skills students.

Money is such an important skill that students are often excited to learn about. Here are some tips on how to teach money with games and activities!

If you teach special education you should be familiar with the "next dollar" method, or "dollar over" strategy. If not, well you should. :) Basically, the student looks at the number before the decimal point, counts out those dollars and then adds one more dollar for the change. Here is a work box that I use with my students for independent practice with the dollar over strategy (I got this wonderful idea from my mentor teacher!). All the materials needed are in this box. (index cards with…