New Zealand Money Bundle Level 1 | NZ Coins, Notes & Financial Literacy Activities

Build early financial literacy with hands-on New Zealand money activities for junior maths.

Perfect for Level 1 learners, homeschool maths, Montessori-inspired money work, and NZ classroom centres.

Includes 62 pages of NZ coin and note activities, posters, games, skip counting, matching amounts, and money combinations.

Help children build confidence with New Zealand money through practical, hands-on activities that make coins, notes, and values easier to understand.

Money can be surprisingly difficult for young learners. They need to recognise coins and notes, understand value, skip count, compare amounts, choose coins for real situations, and begin making amounts in more than one way.

This New Zealand Money Bundle Level 1 gives teachers and homeschool parents a complete set of printable activities for early money learning, all in one place.

Instead of hunting for separate worksheets and games, you can print one bundle and support children through repeated, varied practice using NZ coins and notes.

What’s Included

This 62-page downloadable PDF includes Level 1 New Zealand money activities such as:

• Spin and win money activity
• Skip counting money in 2s, 5s, and 10s
• New Zealand money posters
• Roll and cover game
• Skip counting to $1 in 10s
• 100 chart money activity
• “How many ten cents equal…?” activity
• Matching amounts activity
• “Which is worth more?” activities
• “What coin would you use to…?” activity
• Combinations of money activities
• Ways to make $1
• Ways to make $2
• Ways to make $5
• “Odd balls” money combinations page
• Activities featuring old and new NZ notes

Why This Resource Works

Children need lots of exposure to money before they can confidently use it in real-life situations. This bundle gives them that repetition without making every activity feel the same.

It supports:

• New Zealand coin recognition
• New Zealand note recognition
• Understanding money values
• Skip counting with coins
• Comparing money amounts
• Matching equivalent amounts
• Making amounts in different ways
• Early financial literacy
• Practical maths
• Independent maths centres
• Homeschool money lessons

The mix of posters, games, matching activities, skip counting, and money-combination tasks means children can practise the same core skills in different ways.

Best For

This resource is ideal for:

• Level 1 maths
• Junior primary classrooms
• New Zealand homeschoolers
• Montessori-inspired practical maths
• Financial literacy lessons
• Money maths centres
• Small group support
• Children learning NZ coins and notes
• Teachers wanting low-prep NZ money printables

Suggested Use

Use this bundle across several weeks as part of a New Zealand money or financial literacy unit.

Begin with the posters and coin recognition activities, then move into skip counting, matching amounts, comparing values, and choosing coins for everyday situations. The games work well as maths rotations, partner activities, independent shelf work, or homeschool practice.

For a more concrete approach, pair the printables with real or play New Zealand coins and notes so children can physically build each amount before recording their answers.

Created by Montessori Kiwi

Created by a New Zealand registered teacher and Montessori-trained educator, this resource is designed for real junior maths classrooms where children need practical, repeated money experiences.

It saves preparation time while giving students varied, purposeful practice with New Zealand money and early financial literacy.

Most of the activities feature copies of the old and new NZ notes

these sheets are also available as individual files

LEVEL 1 ACTIVITIES
-spin and win

-skip counting money in 2s, 5s and 10s
-Money posters
-Roll and cover game
-Skip counting to $1 in 10s and 100 chart
-How many ten cents equal …..
-Matching amounts
-Which is worth more? 2 pages
-What coin would you use to ……
-Combinations of money Helps student find multiple ways of making an amount. One page on $1, One page on $2, One page on $5, One page of ‘odd balls’

62 pages - PDF

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