COIN SORTING

Make the introduction to coins fun and educational!

My daughter has a piggy bank full of coins, but has no idea the names of them or value. I decided to get a head start and designed this worksheet to introduce her to identifying coins and their values. Children start to show interest in coins and the ability to count accurately at around age 5 or 6.

Before beginning the activity, we watched a video from ABC Mouse about coins.

Materials:

• worksheet
• coins (several of each) Pennies, Nickels, Dimes, Quarters

Coin Activities:

• Review the “WHO IS ON THAT COIN?” worksheet and the value of each. What President is on a Penny? Nickel? Dime? Quarter?
• What colors are the coins? Which coin is a different color?
• Which coin is the biggest? Smallest? Have your child put in order from smallest to biggest or biggest to smallest. You can also stack the coins to compare sizes.
• Which coin is worth the most? Have your child put in order of value- smallest to largest.

Worksheet: Give your child one of each coin. Discuss one at a time where each one goes on the worksheet. Then give your child a large pile of coins and have them sort independently on the worksheet- which one goes where? Same color? size? picture? value? Once complete, check their work and review with them their answers.

Review Game:

1– Place one coin in each hand & close your hand into a fist. Then have your child pick a hand, then open your hand to show the coin. Have your child identify the coin. Repeat the process multiple times with all 4 coins.

2– Use 4 cups (not clear). Place one coin under each cup on a table & rearrange their order. Have your child pick a cup up and identify the coin under it. Rearrange cups again and have your child pick another one, repeat several times.

• Once complete with the activity, review with your child how coins are very dirty and you always wash your hands after touching.