Is your child having a difficult time remembering which coin is named what? Check out these helpful tips and free American Coins Printable.
My son is using the program IXL online. He is speeding through the lessons and is having a great time. But then he got stuck on the recognizing coins part in the preschool math section. I knew we needed some visual help, so I grabbed a real quarter, dime, nickel, and penny, then made these printables that can help him organize them to where they need to be. Don’t worry if you don’t have the right coins. I added cut outs for you if you need them!
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Suggestions on how to use the Preschool Coin Printable:
First, give your child a good idea of what the names are. This is an interactive activity with you helping them understand the names of the coins. This isn’t designed for them to work on their own.
I came up with a silly jingle that really helped my kids. It’s to the tune of hot cross buns.
one a penny
five a nickel
ten a dime.
twenty-fives a quarter
twenty-five’s a quarter
one hundred’s a dollar
one hundred’s a dollar.
Notice the difference
Lay all 4 different coins infront of you. point out the main differences between them.
Quarter is the LARGEST it is worth the MOST at 25 cents.
the tiniest one is the dime, but it is worth more than the medium-sized nickel. isn’t that funny? it is worth 10 cents.
the medium sized one is the nickel and it is worth 5 cents.
Penny is the brown/bronze/copper one. it’s the only one not gray, it is worth only 1 cent.
(now ask them which one is the quarter, penny, etc till they can remember)
Recognizing Money.
Using the chart. have the child put the coins in the right collumn.
using the cutouts, talk about the other names for coins. a quarter is 25 cents. . . and it also looks like 25C. and when it is written, sometimes it looks like this .25 (you might as well throw in a little decimal prep while you’re at it)
Have them do it a few times, with you naming the coins the whole time.
My preschooler did really well with these activities, and mastered them in one sitting!
This is pretty straight forward, and doesn’t go too in depth on the concept of money, but it is just what the beginning preschooler needs to know about coins in math.