Effective Preschool Math Activities
Money Activities

Preschool Money Activity:

The money activity for preschool children will teach the preschool children the value of different coins.

Most preschool children are intrigued with the concept of money, and should learn the value of different coins from an early age.

The children will stimulate their visual observation skills during the activity, as well as their knowledgeon money, and the value of coins.

Materials:

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3. Real Money for Demonstration Purposes.
4. Coins for Activity.
5. Counters for the children.
6. White Paper.
7. Scissors.

8. Triangular Shaped Profile Pencils.(Ideal for developing the younger pupil's grip.)
9. Preschool Song with money as a theme: "See Saw, Margery Daw" and "Sing a Song of Sixpence."
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Procedure:

• The teacher should ideally use real coins for demonstration purposes.
• The teacher should indicate a coin, starting with the smallest coin, indicate its value, a sent represents the value of one, and then proceed to the next coin, the pence, representing five cents, and then follows the quarter, which represents the value of 25 scents, and so on.
• The teacher should let the children indicate the value of the coins with their counters.



• The teacher should put down a coin, and let them identify the coins, and their value.
• The children will have the opportunity to make their own coins, using real coins, covering them with a sheet of white paper, and using their triangular shaped profile pencils, and softly scratch over the coins in order to make a print of the real coin.
• They should cut out their coins. The coins should be kept in a container and can be use for follow up money activity.
• The children should learn the song and sing it together.

Jacky shall have a new master.

He shall have but a penny a day,

because he can't work any faster.

Repeat.

Sing a Song Of Sixpence: Traditional.

Sing a Song of Sixpence, a pocket full of rye,

four and twenty black birds baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened the birds began to sing,

wasn't that a dainty dish to set before a King!

The King was in his counting house, counting out his money,

the Queen was in the parlor eating bread and honey,

the maid was in the garden, hanging out the clothes,

when down came a black bird and pecked off her nose.

Repeat.


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