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Math for All

Time and Money

During this 30-minute math program you will:

help your children develop a sense of time.

make a simple clock with your children.

help older children to tell time on a regular clock as well as a digital clock.

help children become familiar with coins and their relative values.

Activity #1

Just a Minute!
In this activity you will use a one minute timing device of your own choosing to help your children develop a sense of time.
Ask your children how many times they can:

write their name in one minute.
count in one minute.
sit down and stand up on one minute.
tie and untie a shoe in one minute.
open and close a door--gently--in one minute.
With the second hand on a regular clock, show them how long one minute is. Then do the same with a digital clock.
Make a paper plate clock described in "A Good Idea!" Use a digital clock to compare digital time with time on the paper plate clock you've just made. Tell time on your regular clock by the hour, the half hour, quarter hour and by minutes, depending on the maturity level of your child. Have your child set the time on the paper plate clock.

Materials:

timing device for 1 minute
paper plate clock
digital clock
regular clock
Additional Activities:
Have your children draw pictures of their daily activities, or have them find pictures in magazines; place the pictures in sequential order as these activities occur during the day.

Activity #2

A Close Encounter of the $2.00 kind!
With two or more players, the object of this game is to see who can come closest to $2.00.

The first player throws the dice. The player can write the number either way that is best for his/her score - 5 and 3 can be used either as 53 or as 35.
Second player follows the same procedure.
After the second throw, add the numbers on the calculator.
Continue throwing and adding until one or the other comes the closest to $2.00. you may stop throwing at any time you wish.

Sample Game Board

HUNDREDS TENS ONES

. . .

Materials:

2 dice
2 game boards
1 calculator
Additional Activities:
With younger children use the game board from "Dimely Advice" and use pennies, dimes, counting cups and 1 die. For older children go up to 50, or whatever is within your child's ability range and attention level.

Activity #3

"Quarterly" Investigations!"
In this activity you will help your children find several combinations that make a "quarter." Do this activity carefully according to the ability level of the child, first investigating the value of a nicke, then a dime and then a quarter. Use pennies, nickels and dimes to make combinations that add up to a quarter.
Materials

Pennies
Nickels
Dimes
Quarters
Additional Activities:
How many ways can you make a dollar? Or a specific amount of change - for instance $.76?

Try this at home:

Save your grocery receipts and have your children find all the items that cost less than$1.00. Have your children add them up for you with a calculator.

Have them find items that cost more than $1.00 but less than $2.00 and add them on the calculator.

A Good Idea!!

Let's make our own paper plate clock -

Get a thin, inexpensive paper plate.
Fold the plate in half and in half again - fourths - then flatten the plate as much as possible.
Write the clock numbers on your plate.
Using a brad, attach a long hand and a short hand in the middle of the plate.