If you are preparing for your U.S. coins unit and practicing identifying coins and counting coin collections, you do not want to miss out on this collection of children's picture books! Each picture book is unique in its content, but helps to create a deeper understanding of coins, their coin value, and even their coin history! Some of the picture books have beautiful illustrations, while others have bold photographs displaying each of the U.S. Coins. Take a peek at the list and the summary of each picture book to determine the best fit for your U.S. Coins lessons!
The Best Collection of Picture Books to Teach Identifying Coins, Coin Values, & Counting Coin Collections
Get ready for your U.S. Coins unit for identifying coins and counting coin collections with the best collection of picture books!
I saved my child's FAVORITE picture book for the end of the list, so don't stop your scroll. Keep reading to find your favorite!
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The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne Lanczak Williams
From one penny to one-dollar, readers will learn the various coins, their relationships, and how to add them all together once their piggybanks are full. The simple rhyming text makes coin recognition, addition, and skip-counting fun and approachable for readers new to counting and currency. Mathematicians will love the detailed photos of real money that depict each coin and its value in The Coin Counting Book.
The Penny Pot by Stuart J. Murphy
Counting coin collections have never been more fun! Life-size coins and a cat named Chester will soon have mathematicians confidently counting coins along with Jessie and her friends at the face-painting booth. Your mathematicians will fall in love with Chester and coins in The Penny Pot.
Lots and Lots of Coins by Margarette S. Reid
A coin is a piece of history you can hold in your hands! Coins are mostly round, made of metal, and have different values. They come in many different sizes, and some have historical faces on them, or animals, or even buildings. Lots and Lots of Coins is full of fun facts and insights about the history of coins and the money we use today.
One Cent, Two Cents, Old Cent, New Cent: All About Money by Bonnie Worth
Laugh and learn with fun facts about money, including pennies, dollars, gold, and more—all told in Dr. Seuss’s beloved rhyming style and starring the Cat in the Hat! Take your mathematicians on a journey through time to see the history of money in One Cent, Two Cents, Old Cent, New Cent: All About Money.
Follow the Money by Loreen Leedy
I picked up this title the other day to add to my personal math library. While it sat on the couch waiting to be indexed and shelved, my third grader picked it up and didn't set it down until she finished the book! She was fascinated by the personification used by the author. George is quite the character!George, a newly minted quarter on his way to the bank, is in for quite a day. He's about to be traded, spent, lost, found, donated, dropped into a vending machine, washed in a washing machine, and generally passed all around town. By the time George finally ends up back at the bank, he's given mathematicians a real run for their money. You need to check out, Follow the Money.
I know this collection of high-quality picture books about U.S. coins and money will help your mathematicians create a deeper understanding of coins, their coin value, and even their coin history!
Coins can be tricky since the coin's size is not proportionate to their value.
As a result, I LOOOOVE using proportional models when identifying coins and their value, counting coin collections, and making change. See the resource here.
Each square represent one cent. One penny is represented by one square. One nickel is represented by 5 squares, etc. This is how this models shows the proportions between the coins, which is not connected to the coin's size.
Coin values are pretty abstract for mathematicians, so I use these model to BUST this misconception immediately.
These proportions models can be used to show coin values AND be used to count coin collections.
Reasoning comes more naturally through the use of these proportional models. The other day, I handed these tools to a mathematician who has not done much coin work, beyond memorizing coin values.
As soon, as I handed her these models I asked,
What do you notice about the coin pieces?
Without hesitation the young mathematician held up a quarter piece. Then, quickly grabbed two dimes and one nickel. She said,
One quarter is the same as two dimes and one nickel.
She continued through each piece which is exactly how we want our students to understand coin relationships, but usually takes a lot of practice! (I was pretty blown away how quickly she made sense of the coin relationships!)
These proportional models help mathematicians SEE relationships and make sense of coins and their values.
What books will you used during your U.S. coins unit?
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