Jelly Beans for Math?

Jelly Beans for Sale: Have children identify the pennies, nickels, and dimes shown in the illustrations I had a fun time reading this book.  I often asked the children what the answer was on different pages!

Objectives: Identify a dime and its value; identify objects to purchase for a given amount.

Questions:

Why it is important to have dimes…

What do we use money for?

How do we tell different coins apart?

What is the name of this coin?

Materials:

Jelly Bean for Sale

Dimes

Nickles           

Pennies

Flash Cards

Classroom Store: Groups of Three

Classroom Collectibles, price tags 1 c to 10 c (per group) 15 pennies, 3 nickels, and 1 dime

What to do:

Have children sort the coins

Visit each group and ask children what coins they have. Identify the dime.

Hold up the dime. Explain that one dime is worth ten cents, the same as ten pennies. Tell children that if something costs 10 cents they could pay with ten pennies or with one dime or with one nickel and five pennies.

Have groups take turns visiting the classroom store, counting out different combinations of coin to buy items priced up to 10 cents.. Children can use the sorting mat to show different coin combinations for the same amount.

Art:

Coin rubbings of  the dime. The children loved this activity. They thought it was really cool , and it is almost like magic!

Think and Discuss::

Do bigger coins by more buy more? (No, the nickel is bigger than the dime but the dime has a greater value)

Do two coins always buy more than one coin? (No, a dime, for example, buys more than two pennies)

The last activity:  I had some flash cards with different coins on them. I asked the children how much each was worth, and they really enjoyed it.