Money Counting 3 - Big Coins

💡Tips for Parents

▸ Why It Matters These are numbered practice tokens, not a representation of any national currency. Add the printed values; picture size and the number of pictures do not give the total. This worksheet is built almost entirely from the 25-value coin, so totals jump into a new range — from 40 up to 100 across eight rows. It's your child's first time meeting the highest-value coin in the set, and reaching a full 100. Earlier worksheets rarely needed more than two or three skip-counting jumps, but several rows here ask for three or four jumps of 25 in a row before any smaller coins appear. That's a real leap in working-memory demand, since your child must hold a growing total in mind while still tracking how many 25s they've counted. Mastering this page is a meaningful step toward handling money confidently in everyday life, from counting allowance to estimating prices. ▸ Getting Started Have your child count the 25-value coins first, skip-counting by 25s ("25, 50, 75..."), the hardest jump to say aloud — practicing it slowly together before writing helps a lot. Clapping once for every 25 while counting aloud makes a fun warm-up that carries them through the harder jumps. Only after those are counted should they add any 10s or 5s, working through coins in the order they appear. If your child already counts confidently by 5s and 10s, point out that 25 is really "two 10s and a 5" — that bridge can make the new jump feel less intimidating. ▸ If They Get Stuck If counting by 25s trips them up, let them track how many 25-value coins they've counted on their fingers while saying the running total, or write that subtotal in the margin before adding the rest. Some children do better counting the 25s in pairs ("25 and 25 make 50") and then adding the pairs. A row of four 25s reaching exactly 100 is worth pointing out on its own — a satisfying, round number that can anchor future estimating. If frustration builds, it's fine to pause right after the 25-coins and finish the row later. ▸ Praise Points Praise your child for sticking with the 25-count through a row of three or four without switching back to counting by ones — the most demanding skip-count in the series, and getting it right shows real number sense. Celebrate especially when they catch and self-correct a small slip on their own, since that self-checking habit will serve them well in harder math ahead. Even a mostly-correct page with one or two small errors deserves genuine praise for the effort.

🎯What This Worksheet Builds

Builds skip-counting fluency in 25s, the largest and most demanding jump in the entire series, layered on top of the 5s and 10s counting your child has already practiced. By requiring three or four consecutive 25-jumps in several rows, this worksheet stretches working memory and reinforces the idea that money problems can be broken into smaller counted chunks before being combined. It also introduces the milestone of reaching a full 100 for the first time, connecting abstract skip-counting to a concrete, memorable number.

👉Next Step

Once counting by 25s feels comfortable and your child can move through three or four in a row without hesitation, move on to Money Counting 4, which mixes 25-value and 10-value coins together within the same row rather than counting them in separate blocks. This forces more flexible switching between skip-counting patterns and sharpens overall number sense, making it a natural next challenge after mastering this page's toughest skip-count.