How it works
This money worksheet for kindergarten opens on rows of pennies to count by ones, to 10. Each penny is a plain circle marked 1¢. Other sheets name the four coins and add a nickel or a dime to the pennies.
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Pennies before any other coin
A penny is worth one cent, so counting pennies is counting by ones with a cent sign after the answer. Start with rows of up to 5, move to 10 and then to 12. The in-words sheets drop the picture: 7 pennies is 7¢. Read each line aloud to children who are not reading yet.
Names next, then one bigger coin
The coin names sheet has four lines, one each for the penny, nickel, dime and quarter. After that a nickel or a dime joins the pennies: start at five or at ten and count on. Every coin is a plain circle with its value on it, so bring real coins to show what each one looks like.
- Lay a real penny on each circle and count them together.
- Have the child point and count aloud before writing the number.
- Stop at rows of 5 until one-to-one counting is steady.
Questions and answers
What should a kindergartner know about money?
Texas kindergarten standard K.4 asks children to identify U.S. coins by name: pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Common Core first names coins in grade 2. Counting pennies by ones is counting practice a kindergartner already does, with a cent sign added.
Do the worksheets show real coin pictures?
No. Each coin is a plain circle with its value printed on it, 1¢, 5¢ or 10¢. The sheets practice counting and coin names. To learn what coins look like, sort a handful of real coins alongside the page.
How many pennies are on a sheet?
It depends on the sheet you pick: rows of up to 5, up to 10 or up to 12 drawn pennies, with four, six or eight rows to a page. The in-words sheets go up to 20 pennies.