SearchThe heaviest, biggest money ever had to be the large stone disks with holes in the middle used by the people of Yap, a Pacific island. The largest disks were 12 feet tall and weighed more than 500 pounds.
The people of early Mexico had money axes. These were small, fragile axes that were used only as money, not as axes. Early Mexicans also used cacao (chocolate) beans for money.
Ethiopians used bars of salt as money until the 1920s.
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Print Play Money
This website includes printable pages of play money, useful for teaching counting and identifying of paper money.
Change Game
Get as much money in your piggy bank as possible by figuring out the correct change. This game can be played with money from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom or Australia!
Money Matters Financial Literacy Workbook
Get 6 Kid Scoop activity pages in a bundle that teach the basics of financial literacy in a fun and interactive way!
