Teacher Created Resources Play Money: Pennies

Should have just used real pennies

I order them for a school project. They arrived quickly and we were able to glue them to a poster board using a hot glue gun. A few of them had a bit rough edge or a funky shape but they worked perfectly for what I needed them for.

Nobody will likely take play money. Works great in the coin drop game

I bought these to help my little ones learn the difference between paper bills and the other coins.I know alot of people made the same point I had thought originally: why am I paying so much for a dollar's worth of coins? Can't I just use 100 pennies of my own and save some cash?Yup.You sure can, but for ME, with very sensory kids, who can and will stick everything in their mouth, (not to mention their hands) the idea of lightweight and CLEAN money sounds so much better to me!If they stick them in their mouths the plastic is also gentler than metal on teeth, (so long as you pull it out b4 they start chewing on them!)I feel the need to state here, I am not condoning, recommending, or advising children should put this in their mouths, but kids are kids and should always be supervised to avoid a choking hazard.We have used these for everything, I even stuck some on magnets to use with our whiteboard for math problems! It works great!,All in all good buy and good teaching aid!

These are the pennies that go with the rest. These pennies have the coat of arms on them that says: "one cent" on them. They are nice and shiny too.

This is what's wrong with the American education system

You use real pennies for less than 1/5th the cost.

The story writes itself. Pay over $6 (after tax) for 100 fake pennies, which comes to over a nickel each, when you can get a roll of 100 real pennies for a buck.Even if you lose the real pennies, it's cheaper to replace them over the fake ones.Teachers shouldn't complain about needing more money for their classes when they purchase stupid stuff like this.