Make your own currency notes and coins of paper slips. Play a shopping game in the classroom. Some children will be shopkeepers and others customers. Let them buy things using play money made by paper slips. Encourage them to pay money in different combinations.
Activity: Shopping Game with Play Money
Materials: Paper slips for creating currency notes and coins.
Instructions:
- Students create paper currency notes and coins.
- Some children role-play as shopkeepers, others as customers.
- Customers buy items using play money made from paper slips.
- Encourage paying in different combinations.
Example — ₹10 can be paid as:
- Two ₹5 coins
- One ₹10 note
- Ten ₹1 coins
Learning Outcome: This activity develops understanding of money combinations and basic transactions through hands-on role-play.
Explanation
The chapter encourages hands-on learning through role-play. Students make play money using paper slips and engage in shopping activities. This helps them understand different ways to make the same amount using various denominations.
Solution Steps
Create paper currency notes and coins using paper slips.
Divide students into two groups: shopkeepers and customers.
Set up a classroom shopping scenario with items to buy.
Customers purchase items using play money.
Practice paying the same amount using different combinations of denominations.