World Famous Comics: Learning Resources Money Bags A Coin Value Game
Learning Resources Money Bags A Coin Value Game
From: Learning Resources Average Rating: Binding: Toy Label: Learning Resources Manufacturer Minimum Age: 7 years Manufacturer Maximum Age: 9 years Model: LER5057 Release Date: December 01, 2005
Product Description: Learning valuable money skills is "in the bag" as you collect, count and exchange money all the way to the finish line. This educational game includes a 17" x 12" game board with spinner, 100 plastic coins, play bills, markers and a die. For 2-4 players.
Editorial Review: What a fun way to learn about combining coins! The object of this colorful and compact board game is to earn money while winding along a cartoon path. Money is earned by landing on a square labeled with a practical chore, such as setting the table (31 cents), or an entrepreneurial endeavor, such as a lemonade stand (15 cents). In order to collect money, the spinner is used to determine which coins can or cannot be taken from the bank. If the spinner lands on "no nickels" then you collect your change with any coins except for nickels. There's an additional incentive to use critical thinking and coin combining skills. Extra money can be earned if you land on a "Bank Exchange" space and exchange your coins (for example, two nickels for a dime). As you may have suspected, the player with the most money at the end wins. --Lauren Bernard
Fun way to learn about money I bought this game for my son, Zachary (7), when he was in kindergarten because he was having trouble telling the difference between nickels and quarters. Zachary, his sister Kaitlyn (8) and I still play it. One thing that I love about the game is that the rules are simple enough for the children to play together. But the biggest plus is that they are counting coins and quickly learn how to make change. My children LOVE when they land on the Banking space and are given the option of trading their coins in (ie. 2 dimes and a nickel for a quarter). Whomever has the most money at the end of the game wins (and it usually isn't me! ha ha ha). I'm actually here on Amazon today to buy another copy of the game for my niece and nephew. It's a terrific and fun way to learn about money. It always amazes me how many adults can't make change... it's important to me as a parent that my children can.
Exciting for children to learn math and counting money I play this with my 6yr old and my 4yr old. They love it. It is awesome how it teaches counting money, it is always a different game. There is no way for them to just do the same thing they did last time in order to win. Once they move to the correct spot and have a certain amount of money they have to give or recieve, the spinners tells them which coins they can use to get to the specified amount. So it really requires a little thinking and the children are always amused by the different ways they can come up with an amount of money. Example: get to 52 cents with out using quarters. So with the coins left in thier hand they figure out how to count 52 cents. There is a little more to it than what I have explained and it even gets a little more fun and creative. Great game.
Great way to link math skills. Bought this for my seven year old for christmas and we have played it several times. Great game to help kids learn value of money and how to count money. Downfall is that it really doesn't have a strategy or an excitement factor to it. Overall it is a good product to play once in a while to help your children with counting money but not a game that would just be fun to play.
Money Bags Game I purchased the Money Bags game for my kids (ages 9, 7 & 7). They are having fun playing it and are learning along the way.
A player rolls the die and moves their playing piece ahead on the board. The positions on the board include things like "25C tooth fairy" and "46C dusting." Before the player collects money, they spin the spinner and it determines if they cannot use a particular coin or if they put their money in a circle on the board. There are some special positions along the board like "Bank Exchange" (ex: the player can exchange pennies in for nickels) and "$" (the player gets to collect the money on the board). Overall it is a fun educational game that my kids keep asking me to play with them.
My child learned from it the very first time we played... I recently purchased this because my 6 year old had no concept of money. He did not know how to count money at all although we would let him pay for his own items at the store. Whenever we would let him pay for his own items at the store, he would simply throw a handful of money at the cashier and hope that it was enough. Well, after the first time playing this game, he was able to count using dimes, nickels, and pennies. He can not count with the quarters yet but I figure that it is just a matter of time.
The thing that I really enjoyed about the game is that he wanted to play again and again and did not realize that he was actually learning. He loved making money. At the end of the game, I ask him to convert as much of his change that he can into dollars. This helps him to realize that the coins translate into dollars.
I love the coin pieces as well. The plastic pieces are about as close as you can come to the real thing. My son was able to identify the real coins (which he really struggled with before) after playing the game and working with the plastic coins.
I highly recommend this game as a learning tool for youngsters who struggle with the concept of coins.
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