Money Egg Hunt

Our second graders have almost finished learning about money in chapter 8 of their math books. To have one last review about what we have learned in this chapter before the test, we had an Easter egg hunt outside.

Each student received a plastic bag so they could easily store the plastic eggs they found scattered around the playground equipment outside. In each of these plastic eggs was a coin, either a penny, a nickel, a dime, or a quarter. After hearing the whistle blow, the students were off and running, trying to find as many plastic Easter eggs as they could.

Coming back inside the classroom after the Easter egg hunt, it was the students’ job to count the money that was stored inside of the plastic eggs they had found. The students enjoyed counting their money and discovering who had collected the most. Through this Easter egg hunt, students reviewed their knowledge of how to add different coins together to decipher how much money they had collected. Our chapter 8 math test is tomorrow, and after watching our second graders during this Easter egg hunt, I can see that they have certainly learned a great deal throughout this chapter!