{"id":2429,"date":"2010-03-12T22:42:21","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T03:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2429"},"modified":"2010-03-12T22:42:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T03:42:21","slug":"teaching-about-money-in-kindergarten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2010\/03\/12\/teaching-about-money-in-kindergarten\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching about Money in Kindergarten"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post focuses on teaching money\u00a0to Kindergartners. The\u00a0resources\u00a0below will be useful for teaching young children to name and identify the\u00a0value of\u00a0pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters and to\u00a0count\u00a0collections of coins up to 25 cents (in Virginia this relates to Kindergarten Math SOL K.7).\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recommended Books for Teaching Money to Kindergartners<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Benny’s Pennies <\/a><\/em>by Pat Brisson, illustrated by Bob Barner – The book Benny's Pennies <\/em>by Pat Brisson tells the story of Benny McBride who has five new pennies that he decides to spend buying things for his family and pets. As he walks through his neighborhood, Benny spends one of his pennies on each of his family members and then he arrives home with five simple but splendid gifts – a rose for his mother, a cookie for his brother, a paper hat for his sister, a bone for his dog, and a floppy fish for his cat. This book is perfect for Kindergarten and is a great way to introduce a lesson about the penny.<\/p>\n

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Jelly Beans for Sale <\/em><\/a>written and illustrated by Bruce McMillan – The book Jelly Beans for Sale <\/em>by Bruce McMillan uses colorful jellybeans to illustrate the value of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters and how to count coins up to 25 cents. This book starts with the poem "One for a penny. Ten for a dime. Count them and buy them. You'll have a good time!" and then shows pictures of children using different combinations of coins to buy 1, 5, 10, or 25 jellybeans. Each page also includes\u00a0a number sentence at the bottom of the page to explain how to count each set of coins. For example, one of the pages has a picture of 5 pennies, 1 nickel, and 10 jellybeans and then at the bottom of the page it says "1\u00a2 + 1\u00a2 + 1\u00a2 + 1\u00a2 + 1\u00a2 + 5\u00a2 = 10\u00a2”. This book would be a fun way to introduce young children to the basic concepts\u00a0of counting money.<\/p>\n

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Welcome Books: Money Matters <\/em>series written and\u00a0illustrated\u00a0by Mary Hill – The nonfiction Welcome Books: Money Matters <\/em>series by Mary Hill includes the books Pennies<\/a><\/em>, Nickels<\/a><\/em>, Dimes<\/a><\/em>, and Quarters<\/a><\/em>, which would all be great for introducing children to each coin. Some of the information in these books includes what coins are made of, which president is on each coin, the meaning of the symbols on the coins, the value of each coin, and how many of each coin it takes to make a dollar. This series is geared toward Kindergarten and 1st<\/sup> graders and would be useful as part of lessons about each individual coin.<\/p>\n

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Once Upon a Dime <\/a><\/em>written by Nancy Allen and\u00a0illustrated by Adam Doyle – In the book Once Upon a Dime <\/em>by Nancy Allen, Farmer Worth notices a little tree growing on his farm where nothing had ever grown before and discovers that this special tree produces a new variety of crop – money. The tree produces different kinds of money, depending on what animal manure he uses to fertilize it. Students will enjoy listening to this story about farmer Truman Worth, his special tree, and a young boy's journey to learn the value of money.<\/p>\n

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Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday <\/a><\/em>by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Ray\u00a0Cruz – In Judith Viorst's book, Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday,<\/em> Alexander's grandparents give him a dollar and he thinks he is rich. Little by little, however, the money disappears, as Alexander spends it on lots of small things, such as 15 cents for bubble gum, 15 cents for losing bets with his brother and his mom, and 12 cents to rent his friend's pet snake. By the end of the book, Alexander has spent all of his money and has only a few useless objects and some bus tokens. This would be a great story to read aloud and then have students practice counting pennies by using pennies to show how much money Alexander spent or lost in each part of the story.<\/p>\n

Websites for Kindergarten Kids<\/strong><\/p>\n