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#138. Coin Poems
Mathematics, level: Elementary
Posted by Addie Gaines (againes@netins.net).
Seneca Elementary School, Seneca, MO 64865 USA
Materials Required: chart paper, illustrations of penny, nickel, dime, quarter
Activity Time: 10 to 15 minutes
Concepts Taught: Coin recognition
I use the following poems to help kindergarten children learn to identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Print poems on to large chart paper, add illustrations and read chorally. Penny, penny, Easily spent Copper brown and worth one cent.
Nickel, nickel, Thick and fat, You're worth five cents. I know that. Dime, dime, Little and thin, I remember, You're worth ten. Quarter, quarter Big and bold, You're worth twenty-five I am told!
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