AAA Math
Aaa Math: Coin Values and Names
Three games are offered on this site to help students review the values and names of coins.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Coin Names and Values
Students can choose three different games to review the names and values of coins.
Arcademics
Arcademics: Dolphin Feed Making Money Amounts
Create the monetary value that is given to fill up the dolphin.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Coins for Candy
An interactive lesson helps students identify, compare, and learn the value of coins including pennies, nickels, and dimes.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Learning Coins
Explore a tutorial to learning facts about the coins and their value then play a game to sort the coins by value.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Smart Math and Writing
In this lesson, the poem "Smart" from Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein, is used as the mentor text. Students will write a map of the poem and then analyze it to discover what happened when trades with money were made and...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Let's Find Out About Money
In this multisensory lesson, learners will learn the characteristics of each coin (penny, nickel, dime and quarter) and the value for each type of coin. Students will learn record observational data, learn a song, recite a poem, and play...
University of Houston
University of Houston: Mathematics Lessons: Counting on Coins
This lesson plan for coin identification is aimed at Kindergarten and First Grade. Lots of activities, suggestions and other resources are also available.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Learning Coins
This interactive educational activity introduces elementary age children to United States coins and the dollar bill.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Coin Box
An interactive game involving coins to learn basic money skills such as counting money, making change and identifying coins of different denominations
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Writing Prices of Items
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes what the numerical value of money translates to in dollars and cents. The video is followed by additional problems for students to practice the...
Starfall
Starfall: Coin Monkey
This lesson focuses on coins and how to count them to make other coins: pennies, nickles, and quarters.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Penny for Your Thoughts
This is an outline for a week-long lesson usually taught in the month of February around President's Day. It is an interdisciplinary study combining coin identification with a literature-based study of the Presidents represented on the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What's That Coin?
This Five E's AMSTI lesson prompts students to pay close attention to the details on each of the four U.S. coins as they learn the coin names. Students watch a video clip about the differences in the coins, sort real coins by attributes,...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Identifying Coins
Find a activity here to help students learn more about money that is all around them! Give them the chance to review coin identification with the coin game and practice.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Value of Coins
Use this interactive game to match the value of a coin with the name of the coin. The game lets you know when you answer an item correctly. Scroll down to view the game.
Other
Teaching Heart: Money Poems
Memorize these poems to help you remember which US coin is which, and how much each coin is worth. There are several fun poems for each coin.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: Coin Identification
Two very basic coin identification activities and a teacher lesson plan are available at this website. These activities may require an explanation before primary age students can use them.
Practical Money Skills
Visa: Practical Money Skills for Life: Cash Puzzler
Interactive game in which players assemble different denominations of currency from jigsaw puzzle pieces.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Identifying Coins
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is a Montessori 3-part lesson on identifying coins.
Topmarks Online
Topmarks: Coins Game
Coins game is a three activity money game which introduces children to UK coinage. It helps children with recognizing coins, sorting coins from lowest to highest, and counting money. Useful as an interactive whiteboard activity.
Expansion Learning
Expansion Learning: Math Activity: Enter Coin Values
Activity provides students the practice they need to master the skill of identifying coin values. Immediate feedback is given.
Expansion Learning
Expansion Learning: Math Activity: Spell the Coin Name
Activity provides students the practice they need to master the skill of recognizing coins and spelling them. Immediate feedback is given.
Expansion Learning
Expansion Learning: Math Activity: Select the Coin
Activity provides students the practice they need to master the skill of recognizing coins. Immediate feedback is given.