Canadian Money Centers Financial Literacy Activities & Money Craft Grade 1 to 3

Prep once, use year after year! These financial literacy centers, worksheets, and money crafts teach students in grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 all about Canadian money, covering concepts from identifying coins and bills, adding & counting money, and thinking critically about purchases and our currency. Perfect for split grades or building strong money skills, these printables will save you time, planning, and make money math FUN!

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INCLUDED:

❇️ Resource introduction

❇️ Math Center #1: Guess Who? (read clues to identify which Canadian coin or bill is being described)

• 10 clue cards
• worksheet (with word bank)

❇️ Math Center #2: What’s in my Wallet? (count & add up the money pictured on each wallet)

• 12 “simplified” wallet cards
• 12 “advanced” wallet cards
• worksheet

❇️ Math Center #3: THIS Way or THAT! (show 2 ways to make each total amount)

• 10 mats (to use with classroom play money)
• worksheet (2 pages, use 1 or both!)

❇️ Math Center #4: Pick a Purse (choose a coin purse card, look at the store poster to determine what can be purchased with the amount in the purse)

• “Welcome to Coin Mart” poster #1 – school supplies (“simplified”)
• “Welcome to Coin Mart” poster #2 – toys (“advanced”)
• 12 “simplified” coin purse cards
• 12 “advanced” coin purse cards
• worksheet

❇️ Math Center #5: Dollar, Dollar, Bill (matching equal totals of bills to coins)

• 8 puzzle cards (coins/coins & bills one one side, bill on the other)
• extension worksheet

❇️ Money Crafts: Design Your Own Coin or Bill

• craft instructions
• coin templates
• coin writing page
• bill templates
• bill writing page

❇️ BONUS Worksheets! (great for early finishers, sub plans, or extra practice!)

• colouring coins to show the indicated amount
• “Roll, Colour, Count!” (rolling a die and following the key to graph each roll, then adding) ….2 versions!
• Colour by Coin Code (colouring by different representations of each coin)

❇️ Black & White versions (all center cards in ink-saving black and white)

❇️ Answer Keys (answers for all applicable activities)

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Mo’ Money…Mo’ FUN!!! ☺️

⚫ Financial Literacy UNIT (anchor charts & workbook)

⚫ I Have…Who Has? 5 Money Games

⚫ Ice Cream Money Craft

⚫ FREE Canadian Money Booklet

⚫ Canadian Financial Literacy…SAVE BIG with THE BUNDLE!!

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