Shopping at the Bakery: Recognising & Calculating Money POWERPOINT

Years

F - 1

Pages

16

PowerPoints, Resource

Description

Build your students’ money skills with the fun and interactive Shopping at the Bakery: Recognising & Calculating Money POWERPOINT! This engaging bakery-themed resource helps students practise recognising Australian money and calculating money collections to match given prices.


Each slide presents a bakery item with a price tag, and students must select the correct collection of notes or coins to make the purchase. Some slides also require students to count groups of dollar coins to determine which collection matches the amount needed. The activity promotes fluency in recognising money values and counting collections to match amounts - supporting the development of essential financial literacy skills.


Shopping at the Bakery: Recognising & Calculating Money POWERPOINT is ideal for whole-class warm-ups, small group rotations, or individual practise. The interactive nature of the game keeps students engaged while providing valuable opportunities for discussion and reasoning about money concepts.


Key Learning Outcomes:

  • ✅ Recognise and identify Australian currency
  • ✅ Match combinations of notes and coins to given prices
  • ✅ Practise counting collections of money to match amounts
  • ✅ Develop financial literacy and money handling skills
  • ✅ Engage in interactive learning that supports visual and kinaesthetic learners

What’s Included:

  • Interactive Shopping at the Bakery: Recognising & Calculating Money POWERPOINT
  • Slides featuring bakery items with price tags
  • Click-to-select options for matching notes and coins
  • Built-in navigation for smooth progression through the activity

Materials Needed:

  • Computer or device with PowerPoint installed
  • Interactive whiteboard or screen for whole-class display
  • Optional: individual devices for student rotations

How to Use:

  1. Open the Shopping at the Bakery: Recognising & Calculating Money POWERPOINT and display it for your class.
  2. Introduce or review the appearance and value of Australian currency before starting the activity.
  3. Click through each slide, inviting students to select the correct money combination to match the price shown.
  4. Encourage students to explain their reasoning and discuss alternative ways to make the same amount where possible.
  5. Use as a warm-up, in small group rotations, or for individual practise of money concepts.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

  • 💡 Use as an interactive warm-up when teaching money concepts
  • 💡 Include in maths rotations for hands-on money recognition and counting practise
  • 💡 Pair with play money for role-play activities in the classroom shop
  • 💡 Support small group work and collaborative discussions about money values
  • 💡 Encourage students to find multiple combinations of notes and coins to match prices

Top Teacher Tips:

  • 💛 Ensure students are familiar with Australian currency before starting the activity
  • 💛 Model thinking aloud and encourage students to verbalise their reasoning during the game
  • 💛 Use the activity as a launchpad for classroom money role-play and real-world money problem solving
  • 💛 Pair with open-ended tasks where students create their own bakery items and prices for peers to solve

Shopping at the Bakery: Recognising & Calculating Money POWERPOINT provides an engaging and interactive way to help students build confidence and accuracy with money concepts - a valuable resource for developing financial literacy in the classroom!

Additional information

Number of Pages

16

File Format

zip

Australian Curriculum Code

AC9M1N05, AC9MFN05

Australian Curriculum V9

F - 6

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