Reinforcement is an Evidence Based Practice. I have used so many different kids of token boards in my classroom. Today I wanted to share my token boards for reinforcing money skills.
I made these token boards for my students so they can practice “buying” things and exchanging money. We usually start all students with a 5 token system. When students earn 5 pennies, they get a their reinforcers (after they hand over those pennies!). Simple and easy.
After my students are able to work a little longer for their reinforcer, it’s time to up the game. This is when we move to a board where they will earn 5 pennies, exchanges for a nickel, earn 5 more for a second nickel, then exchange both nickels for a dime and “pay” me with their dime for their reinforcer.
When students can work for even longer periods of time before getting reinforced, it’s time to up the ante again! We move to a quarter board where students have to earn even more pennies and make more exchanges before “buying” their reinforcer.
When students can use all the boards, I usually introduce a store “choice board” where different reinforcers cost different amounts of money and we use the appropriate token board for the student to earn their chosen reinforcer.
I absolutely love how this system reinforces money skills for my students. Ready to introduce money skills with your reinforcement systems? You can grab my token board kit and give it a try in your classroom. Just click on the image below and check it out.
Super smart!