Support your students as they build early financial literacy skills with our Count & Shade Dollar Coins Worksheets! This hands-on worksheet set is designed to help students practise counting $1 coins and matching them to specific dollar amounts in a fun and visual way. With simple tasks and clear visuals, this activity makes recognising and counting coins both accessible and engaging.

Each row presents a group of $1 coins for students to count and colour. They then identify the correct total amount from multiple choice options and shade their answer. This repetitive and visually supported format is perfect for consolidating money concepts and supporting confident recognition of coin values.

Count & Shade Dollar Coins Worksheets are ideal for small group instruction, independent practice, maths rotations, or even early finisher tubs. With multiple rows per page and clear instructions, students can work through the tasks at their own pace while building important numeracy skills.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Recognise and count $1 coins accurately
• ✅ Match coin groups to correct dollar amounts
• ✅ Strengthen one-to-one correspondence and skip counting by 1s
• ✅ Develop financial maths skills and real-world money awareness
• ✅ Practise identifying numerical values from multiple options

What’s Included:

• Printable worksheets with multiple coin groups per page
• Four answer choices for each row to promote careful counting
• Answer sheets included for easy correction or student self-checking
• Available in all Australian state fonts

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheets (use card or laminate for reuse with whiteboard markers)
• Coloured pencils or crayons
• Optional: physical $1 coins (real or plastic) for tactile support
• Scissors and glue (for optional money shop extension activity)

How to Use:

1. Students count the $1 coins in each group, tapping each one as they count.
2. They colour all the coins in that row to reinforce one-to-one correspondence.
3. From the four options on the right, students identify and shade the correct total.
4. Use answer sheets for correction or self-assessment.
5. Extend with related tasks such as drawing coin groups or playing a money shop game.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Include in maths rotations during a unit on money and financial literacy.
• 💡 Use in small groups with real coins to support tactile learners.
• 💡 Turn worksheets into task cards by cutting rows into strips for quick practice.
• 💡 Send home copies for family revision or home-school connections.
• 💡 Use as a pre-assessment before introducing mixed coin denominations.

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Laminate worksheets for reusable money practice with whiteboard markers.
• 💛 Encourage students to check their work by counting the coins twice.
• 💛 Provide different coloured pencils for coins and answer shading to support visual clarity.
• 💛 Challenge fast finishers to draw and label their own coin collections to trade with peers.

Count & Shade Dollar Coins Worksheets offer a simple yet effective way to practise money skills in a hands-on, student-friendly format. They’re perfect for helping young learners build confidence with counting, recognising, and working with real-world currency.