Money Drag

General

Learning to work with and count money is one of the most critical skills a student must learn. Because working with money requires visual recognition skills, however, it is helpful to give students multiple ways to visualize this concept. Our money drag tool makes this easier than ever. Easily access bills and coins of all denominations, and invite students up to the board to try this out for themselves.

Explanation

The money drag tool appears as an adjustable widget from which you can access whichever bills and coins you choose, even two dollar bills and silver dollars. Go to the settings by clicking the gear icon on the bottom left corner. Here, you can adjust which bills and coins appear. You will also be able to choose between US dollars, Euros and Canadian dollars. From the settings, you can change the orientation of the money drag tool from vertical to horizontal in order to easily integrate it into your lessons. If you’d like, display only bills or only coins.

Teaching tips

If you are just introducing students to the concept of counting money, simplify things by only including denominations such as quarters and dollar bills. Once students become comfortable with these concepts, you can add other coins and bills.

The money drag tool is ideal for student participation. The tool makes it easy to see the many ways coins can make up one single dollar. This tool also makes it easy to count different ways to make change for a twenty, fifty, or hundred-dollar bill.