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Drawn coin market
Practice adding pretend money in a picture shop.
Let's play →
A little plan for play
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A full sheet of paper and a large child-appropriate crayon.
Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.
Let's make it happen
- Draw a toy shelf with two items. Label one item 2 and the other 3 play coins.
- Choose an item and draw the number of pretend coins shown on its label.
- Choose both items, count all the drawn coins, and talk about the total.
Adult stays beside the child. Use drawn circles for pretend coins and keep real coins away from young children.