Description
What our Money: Dime lesson plan includes
Lesson Objectives and Overview: Money: Dime teaches young learners about the US ten-cent coin. Students will be able to recognize a dime, describe its color, and understand that it is worth 10 cents. This lesson is for students in preschool.
DIME ART ACTIVITY
Give each student a piece of paper, one or a few real or fake dimes, and glue or double-sided tape. Tell students they are going to use their imaginations to turn the dime into a picture. Help students brainstorm what their dime could become. Some easy ideas are the ice cream scoop in an ice cream cone, a gumball, the center of a flower, the sun, a balloon, or a spider with legs. Let students be creative; there is no right or wrong choice. Help students glue or tape the dime(s) to the paper. Use markers and/or craft supplies to create a picture using the dime. Let dry if applicable. Let students share with the class or a friend what they have created.
Options and Extensions
There are several of additional options you could add to the lesson. Read the poem to the class. Give students a small pile of coins and help them sort the different ones. Give students playdough or clay and let them press a dime into the playdough to make impressions. For sensory fun, set up a bin with cloud dough or kinetic sand and have students dig for dimes. Set up a small classroom shop where everything costs a dime. Have students buy items using real dime. Make sure the items are priced appropriately to teach the value of a dime.
Dime Stack Challenge: See how many dimes students can stack before the pile tumbles! Great for motor skills and counting practice. Color or decorate the dime coloring page from Additional Resources. Use the enlarged dime from Additional Resources to create a simple puzzle. Cut the dime into three to five jagged pieces and let students reassemble it.
As an extension to the lesson, read the following books:
- National Geographic Kids: Everything Money by Kathy Furgang
- The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne Lanczak Williams
- A Dollar, A Penny, How Much and How Many? by Brian P. Cleary
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Our preschool lessons include additional resources that you can use throughout the lesson. They are provided to give you as much content as possible to complete the lesson without having to find sources on their own. For instance, if the lesson requires you to show students pictures, you can use the ones in the additional resources.
Preschool Philosophy
Our preschool curriculum is thoughtfully designed by professional teachers to nurture curiosity, build foundational skills, and prepare young learners for kindergarten and beyond. Each preschool lesson plan offers age-appropriate activities to promote early literacy, math readiness, creativity, and social-emotional growth.
At the preschool level, children are developing rapidly—socially, emotionally, physically, and academically. The goal of our lesson plans for preschool is to provide structured yet engaging learning experiences that spark imagination, encourage problem-solving, and foster a lifelong love of learning.
CURRICULUM FOCUS
Our curriculum focuses on key objectives such as:
- Building early literacy and language skills through stories, songs, and interactive activities.
- Developing number sense, shapes, colors, and patterns with hands-on lessons.
- Encouraging creativity and self-expression through art, play, and music.
- Supporting social-emotional development, cooperation, and confidence.
- Strengthening fine and gross motor skills through active learning.
