First, we counted out the right number of pennies to represent each coin so she could get a visual impression for how much each is worth.
We talked about the names for each coin, and then I had her do some independent work matching the right coins to circles on a page (I had traced the coins and written their numbers on each circle). That worked pretty well; she mostly paid attention to the sizes of the circles and not the numbers, but when I went back and checked her work with her, I had a chance to review the numbers. (e.g. "You put the quarter on the number 25; that's right!")
Of course the trickiest two are the pennies and dimes because they are so close in size. To make it a little more obvious to her when she had gotten it right or gotten it wrong we made a little play dough puzzle. I impressed the shape of each coin onto a flattened piece of play dough and imprinted each shape with the number of the coin. That worked well and M enjoyed squishing the coins into the play dough.
3 comments:
Oh, that is great. I like how you reinforced by saying, "yes, you put the quarter in the 25 cent place"
Somewhere I remember seeing a coin rubbing that looked like Mount Rushmore. Can't recall where but I saved the photo for us to make later.
Also- did you know they sell those coin collector books at hobby lobby!? I had been buying them off ebay and stumbled into them there.
Deanna, the coin rubbing like Mount Rushmore sounds interesting. I'd like to see that photo too. :-)
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