Learning about Money, Part 1

In math, we're learning about money!  We've been focusing on the penny and the nickel so far. We need to learn to identify coins and their values.  Here are some of us looking for pennies and nickels:

Then we made a thinking map to compare pennies and nickels.  It's convenient that one of our recent vocabulary words is compare:

When checking out at the store, ask your child if he or she can identify the coins you may get back from a purchase.  In addition, see if your child can tell you the value of the coins.  

Up next:  the dime and quarter.