Overview

This maths activity encourages exploration and supports numeracy through hands-on play. This set of 3 games teaches children practical life skills and math through handling money, using real coins and realistic play bills. It includes a cash box, play money, credit cards, dice, and instructions. Real coins can be acquired from a bank or purchased at face value. This is a set of 3 games that prepare children with the practical life skills for handling money. Children learn valuable math and practical life skills as they exchange coins, pay bills, or decide where the money should go (budgeting). This material was designed by Mark Powell, an elementary Montessori teacher and a trainer at CMTE/NY and AMTI Australia, then developed in conjunction with A2Z Montessori Australia. He has been using this in his classroom for years. “Children love to do this work”. The use of real coins makes this a unique experience. This not only provides children the sensations only associated with real money but also brings an element of trust to the classroom, a very valuable lesson. Monetary notes are highly realistic play bills, but a smaller size for legal reasons.

Except for the real coins, the Set includes all the you need to play the 3 games, including:
1 Real, large cash box with key or combination lock
2 Realistic set of Australian Play Note Money, 20 pcs of each denomination, totalling $3,700
3 Real Australian Coins (Optional Extra totalling $38.50)
4 Realistic Play Credit Cards, 2 pcs credit vale $500 each
5 All play cards
6 Set of red unit counters.
7 Two 6 sided large dice
7 2 Timber coin exchange boards
8 Full instruction Booklet, 28pages


please check with your local bank for acquiring the needed coins or we can supply them at face value cost if you request it in the comment box at checkout.

Recommended Age Range

Generally suitable for ages 3–6 with adult supervision; may extend based on readiness.

Key Learning Outcomes

• Encourages number recognition and sequencing.
• Supports focus, concentration, and problem solving.
• Builds confidence with early numeracy.

How It’s Used

1. Place the material on a child-sized table or mat.
2. Invite the child to explore counting or matching activities.
3. Encourage independent repetition for mastery.

Tips for Home Use

• Make maths playful by integrating counting into daily routines.
• Rotate activities to maintain interest.

Material & Safety Information

Always exercise extreme caution and care, never leave a child unattended and without adequate supervision with any of the equipment or material advertised on our website and catalogue. Many of the products on our website and in the catalogue are designed according to scientific teaching principles. They are teaching aids, not toys. They must be used under professionally trained adult supervision.

Our products include educational Montessori materials as well as child-friendly educational toys. Montessori materials are teaching aids and not toys — they must be used under adult supervision. Toys in this category are designed for play but still require appropriate care and supervision.

The Heart of Montessori Learning

In Montessori education, the importance of learning is not found only in the materials, but in the way they are introduced. The true magic lies in the prepared adult, the prepared environment, and the respectful relationship between adult and child. When this relationship is built on trust, respect, and authentic love, the child feels safe and inspired to explore. As Dr. Maria Montessori explained, it is through this deep connection that learning is joyfully and naturally absorbed. Montessori called h…