Money & Making Change DVD by Rock 'N Learn

This is a fun video to watch. It shows US currency in a way that my students understand.

My 3-1/2 year old son was showing some interest in "silver money," starting to want to help pay for items and collect the change. I decided to get him a video, but I didn't know whether he would be old enough to enjoy or understand this one. After previewing it on the Rock 'n' Learn web site, I sprung for it on Amazon -- and my boy LOVES it! He started out just repeatedly watching the first 5 minutes or so (a gripping narrative about "Penny Money" and "Bill Dollar" rehearsing for a gig, blowing a speaker, and needing money to repair it)... and quickly started watching it in longer and longer sessions. He now sits raptly through the entire hour if I let him. He has learned to distinguish pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollar coins. (In fact, we made a special trip to the bank to get a Sacajawea dollar, and it was the highlight of his day.)This video has also taught him some key math concepts, like counting to 100 ($1.00) by twos (this is how they recommend counting pennies), by fives, by 10s, and by 25s. He now knows the names and faces of all the people on currency up to $100. And he is learning how to actually count up coins and make change! He sings the catchy, silly little tunes from the DVD frequently, and recites Bill and Penny's groan-worthy vaudeville-style puns by memory. The best part is that he's thrilled to be learning big-boy concepts that he sees adults dealing with, he's highly motivated to understand more and more, and he delights in showing off his new math and money knowledge to anyone who'll listen.If you're trying to teach your child about money or basic mathematics, I heartily recommend supplementing this video with the Learning Resources Teaching Cash Register. After about a week with the video, I gave my boy the cash register, and he has played with it for HOURS each day for a couple weeks now. It's really helped reinforce the counting-money concept, and his friends, aged from 2 to 12, also love the thing.

What a great way to teach a child about Money. It has helped her to identify the coins even better than my explaining and showing it to her. She is ahead of most the kids around her because of these DVD's. My Girl is Only 5 so you do not need to hold to the 6-8 age group. the sooner you put these in and just let them play , the more the child will retain the information and it will help them as they age and start school.

I did like this video. I especially like the fact that it even gives some history facts about money/coins that I didn't know. The only thing that I wished they had done differently was to slow it down. Because it keeps a certain musical beat, they tend to speed through some of the drills. My 7 year old is having a hard time mastering counting money so I thought this would be a good purchase for him. I do believe he is getting a little better. We just have to continue to work with him and keep the pause button close by when viewing the DVD. Overall, good product.

My 4 year old has watched this maybe 6 times in the year we've had it (usually upon my suggestion). It is okay. It's a decent learning tool, but certainly not as entertaining as Leap Frog or the Magic School Bus. And, with small kids, if it's not entertaining, it's probably not going to get much time off of the shelf in order to get into the brain.

I have two other Rock n Learn videos and this is probably the least goofiest but my daughter liked them all. She learned to read with the others, this one complements her lessons she is now starting at school in money and counting change. When asked to pick 5 dvds for the plane trip recently this one made the list! Just enough repetition to get it but not so much she gets bored and wanders away.

I love these videos!!!I use these videos in addition to other products. (As I do not believe that rehearsing the DVD, is actual learning.)However, I do use them to help introduce ideas, and then we use workbooks to go more in depth, and reassure me that my son is comprehending everything.Great, great, great, learning DVD system!!!!We've bought them all✨💖🎀👍🏻💯

I bought this to supplement my daughters math curriculum. She loves rock n learn, so this is one in our collection. It’s nice to be able to pause and let her add the money at her own speed. They cover a lot on one disk.