Customer Reviews

My Book of Money: Dollars and Cents

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Though these books are designed for use with very young children I have found success using them with high school students who have very high needs. The money books are especially good since the pictures of money are realistic (not always the case with some math workbooks) reproduce well with almost any copier and the worksheets alternate between using the fronts and backs of the coins and one dollar bills (dollar bills are as high as this book goes) so students become familiar with both sides. The workbooks are sequential and provide lots of practice before moving on to a new skill or concept. My one regret about this book is by the end of the book there is quite a bit of emphasis on the fifty cent coin which is so seldom used today and which I tend to not to even teach to my students who just need the very basic concepts.

These books are great. The way each lesson is just enough to not make a child get bored or hate it really makes it unique from other books like this. My kids don't even realize how much they are learning. It's so easy to learn with these books. Before you know it, they've mastered a new concept.

This book is fun and colorful and is just about counting coins and bills. Children are not asked to practice writing the numbers 1-100 in charts over and over again. Full color throughout. Cheerful drawings compare amounts in coin purses, piggy banks and dozens of other groups.

I love the Kumon workbooks. They build upon the basics and don't rush to the next lesson. While my son catches on quickly it is nice to make sure he is putting what he is learning into long term memory. We rarley have to go back over the basics once he has done a Kumon workbook.

We did skip the counting coins book as we had already covered the basics of coins and easy addition. This book was a better place for us to start. If your kid is already doing basic math and knows the names and values of coins start here, otherwise counting coins!

Very well done and great for children who are just starting to work with money. I am so thankful for Kumon, they have created fantastic educational books for children, we have never been disappointed!