Learning about Money in a McDonald's Center

Laying out the correct change to 'buy' a hamburger, french fries, and drink.

After counting the money and getting the correct total,  we need to reduce it to the least amount of coins.

He came up with the correct change!  Good job!

Our 'hamburger' is made of 2 vanilla wafers as the buns, a chocolate fudge cookie as the hamburger, and yellow and red icing for the ketchup and mustard.  Our french fries are the small string potatoes from a can, and the drink is Sprite. Yum!

Working on getting the correct amount.

Did we count the coins correctly?

McDonald's Food Center

Our class had a pretend McDonald's center this week. The children had to count out the exact change in order to buy a hamburger, french fries, and drink. Then we traded the money down to the smallest amount of coins. If they could count it correctly they got to 'buy' the treat. The hamburger was really two vanilla wafers with a chocolate cookie inside. Red and Yellow icing were the catsup and mustard. (Several children said they didn't like mustard. They just liked plain hamburgers.) The french fries were potato sticks. The food was delicious. The center was a fun way to emphasize the importance of learning how to count money.