Product Details

• Actors: Vic Mignogna, Luci Christian, Brad Caudle
• Directors: Richard Caudle
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Rock 'N Learn
• DVD Release Date: June 27, 2006
• Run Time: 57 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000GI3KN0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,336 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #71 in Movies & TV > DVD > Special Interests

Editorial Reviews

Penny and Bill know how to shake things up when it comes to counting money and making change. Cool songs and games provide plenty of practice with real-world skills. Learn about coins and how they relate to one another, strategies for counting cash, "skip counting," expressing money in written terms, how to make change, and more. You'll have lots of fun as you gain valuable skills you can bank on. Approx. 57 minutes.

Customer Reviews

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't be short-changed, July 5, 2008

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Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock 'N Learn: Money & Making Change (DVD)

This DVD teaches kids aged six and up how to recognize and count American currency, with a focus on the coins.

The presenters of this musical cartoon are Penny Money (get it 007 fans?) and Bill Dollar. Penny is a coin (naturally) and wears high topped boots that go a lot further than she can, while Bill rocks it with his bass guitar.

After meeting Penny and Bill, the next video introduces the clinkable coinage, describing the features and sizes. It includes the JFK half-dollar, the silver Susan B. Anthony dollar and the golden Sacajawea dollar, as well as the Presidential dollar coins.

The DVD goes on to count pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars and bills, before teaching notation, equivalents, and how to separate your money for counting. Counting practice continues with a couple of games, and then the DVD wraps up with a section on making change before the closing music video.

If you're not from the USA, but use coins with similar denominations, some parts of the DVD can be used to teach counting and making change, but the focus here is on US currency.

This is a good tool for teaching kids how to be penny wise.



Amanda Richards, July 5, 2008

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect addition to home schooling curriculums, December 9, 2006

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock 'N Learn: Money & Making Change (DVD)

The animated characters of Penny and Bill will show children ages 6 through 8 just how they can count money and make change in the lively, colorful, entertaining and instructive Rock 'N Learn DVD "Money & Making Change". This 57-minute DVD teaches how coins relate to each other, the technique of 'skip counting', how to express money in written terms, strategies for making change, and more! From 'The Coin Song', to the 'Count the Coins Game', to 'Penny & Bill Live in Concert', "Money & Making Change" is as entertaining as it is informative. A perfect addition to home schooling curriculums, this is one 'kid friendly' educational DVD that truly deserves to be a part of every school and community collection.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock N Learn: Money & Making Change- Fun for Students, February 15, 2007

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Czep - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock 'N Learn: Money & Making Change (DVD)

My second grade students love this DVD.It teaches them in a fun and new way besides the traditional worksheet.I think all teachers should use Rock N Learn to enhance their classroom curriculum.