Learning Resources Money Bags A Coin Value Game Reviews

• Terrific way to get the kids to learn about money

  
  By A2GVHD4GRVE3C6 on 2006-12-30
  We got this game when my daughter was in first grade. She was having some trouble with her homework because the worksheets made it difficult for her to tell the difference between some of the coins. She was getting frustrated and kept saying, "I don't get it."
  
  This game helped her get more comfortable with money, the value of money, and counting money.
  
  

• Great Game for Learning about Money

  
  By A3K98GERRFRE07 on 2007-02-25
  I use this game in the classroom as a math support teacher and at home with my kids. All of the kids love it and it moves at a good pace. I appreciate how the game doesn't just let the kids always decide what combination of coins they'll use to represent a certain value. When they spin the spinner, it will sometimes land on no dimes or no nickels, and so on. So they need to figure out how to make a certain amount without those coins.
  
  

• awesome toy

  
  By A2IAC2N6ORJPIL on 2007-10-05
  My 6 year old son loves everything to do with money. So when I saw this game I had to get it for him. He loves it. We play it every night and he is learning how to count money and make change. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves to play games
  
  

• MONEY BAGS ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  
  By on 2006-12-27
  Money Bags is one of the best games that I have played besides Crainium Cadoo! You get to count up money and it is alot of fun!! I greatly reccomend this game as a really good game for ages 7-10.
  
  I *HEART* THIS GAME! BUY IT!!!
  
  

• Really fun game

  
  By A1HXEBOKVZKNKZ on 2007-05-05
  Many educational games aren't nearly as fun as traditional board games. Not this one. This plays as well as any traditional board game. It's easy to follow (even my five-year-old played). It also plays quickly, which is great for the young players with shorter attention spans. I plan on purchasing more of this brand.
  
  
• Money Bags Game
  By A38C8QBYY0HPC8 on 2007-12-28
  I purchased the Money Bags game for my kids (ages 9, 7 & 7). They are having fun playing it and are learning along the way.
  
  A player rolls the die and moves their playing piece ahead on the board. The positions on the board include things like "25C tooth fairy" and "46C dusting." Before the player collects money, they spin the spinner and it determines if they cannot use a particular coin or if they put their money in a circle on the board. There are some special positions along the board like "Bank Exchange" (ex: the player can exchange pennies in for nickels) and "$" (the player gets to collect the money on the board). Overall it is a fun educational game that my kids keep asking me to play with them.
  
  
• Great Game for elementary kids
  By A237GR0OYEP1J7 on 2007-09-04
  Money Bags is a fast, simple way to learn how to count change. It also reinforces how kids can earn money by doing chores. The spinner works great, the instructions are easy, and the game can be played in about 10-15 minutes.
  
  I chose to replace the fake coins with real change, for my children it really made the difference.
  
  Unfortunately, my kids will not have the same opportunity to walk to the 5 and dime and buy penny candy. And at the store, I pay for everything with a debit card, so money is not something they really get a hold of very often.
  
  At the end of the game, the person with the most money wins. So they count the change for chores, spin the spinner to determine what coins they cannot use, (like nickels and quarters), and total up their change to see who the winner is. Great game, wish I had bought it a couple years ago.
  
  
• My child learned from it the very first time we played...
  By AEW93LJPS3JUV on 2007-12-16
  I recently purchased this because my 6 year old had no concept of money. He did not know how to count money at all although we would let him pay for his own items at the store. Whenever we would let him pay for his own items at the store, he would simply throw a handful of money at the cashier and hope that it was enough. Well, after the first time playing this game, he was able to count using dimes, nickels, and pennies. He can not count with the quarters yet but I figure that it is just a matter of time.
  
  The thing that I really enjoyed about the game is that he wanted to play again and again and did not realize that he was actually learning. He loved making money. At the end of the game, I ask him to convert as much of his change that he can into dollars. This helps him to realize that the coins translate into dollars.
  
  I love the coin pieces as well. The plastic pieces are about as close as you can come to the real thing. My son was able to identify the real coins (which he really struggled with before) after playing the game and working with the plastic coins.
  
  I highly recommend this game as a learning tool for youngsters who struggle with the concept of coins.
  
  
• Exciting for children to learn math and counting money
  By A349NKYEYE0G7G on 2008-01-28
  I play this with my 6yr old and my 4yr old. They love it. It is awesome how it teaches counting money, it is always a different game. There is no way for them to just do the same thing they did last time in order to win. Once they move to the correct spot and have a certain amount of money they have to give or recieve, the spinners tells them which coins they can use to get to the specified amount. So it really requires a little thinking and the children are always amused by the different ways they can come up with an amount of money. Example: get to 52 cents with out using quarters. So with the coins left in thier hand they figure out how to count 52 cents. There is a little more to it than what I have explained and it even gets a little more fun and creative. Great game.
  
  
• Great way to link math skills.
  By A2K2HVDI6PR37M on 2007-12-28
  Bought this for my seven year old for christmas and we have played it several times. Great game to help kids learn value of money and how to count money. Downfall is that it really doesn't have a strategy or an excitement factor to it. Overall it is a good product to play once in a while to help your children with counting money but not a game that would just be fun to play.
  
  

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