MONEY: For Kids

Welcome to Money Central Station
U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
http://www.moneyfactory.com/kids/start.html

The site uses splashy screen effects, cartoon characters, and simple games to present interesting facts about real and counterfeit U.S. money. The site offers a choice between activities intended to appeal to five to eight year olds and those nine to thirteen years old.

U.S. Mint
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/index.cfm

An interesting resource for both children and teachers, the site uses games and cartoons to present a variety of numismatic topics including the history of coins, coin collecting, coins of the world, new coins, and the process of minting coins. Resources for teachers include lesson plans, links to information on financial literacy, special projects, and images and information on hundreds of coins from colonial times to the present.

Where's George?
http://www.wheresgeorge.com/

A web site that allows people to track where paper money has been, or where it will go next. Users enter the value of a bill, the year it was minted, its serial number and the zip code of bill's location. If desired, the user can add a short comment about the bill. Once the form is submitted, Where's George adds the bill to the database and generates a report. If the bill already exists in the database, then it adds another entry to the bill's report and updates the statistics, such as the bill's speed and the distance it has traveled.

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Image :
Woman posed with stack of packages of $1 silver certificates at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D.C. [between ca. 1950 and ca. 1969]

Coloring Book
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
http://www.richmondfed.org/educational_info/students_resources/pdfs/coloring_book.pdf

A 16 page downloadable PDF coloring book with a variety of images ranging from corn, pelts and tobacco used for barter, pieces of eight, the Susan B. Anthony dollar, the Great Seal, and the recent Keelboat nickel commemorating the Lewis and clark Exhibition. Also includes several blank pages for students to design their own bill and coin. Additional suggested activities for teachers to incorporate the coloring book into their classroom are also available under Coloring Book Trivia and Coloring Book Sorting Game.