Description

What our Money: Dollar lesson plan includes

Lesson Objectives and Overview: Money: Dollar teaches young learners about the US one-dollar bill. Students will be able to recognize a dollar, describe its color, and understand that it is worth 100 cents. This lesson is for students in preschool.

CREATE YOUR OWN DOLLAR ACTIVITY

Give each student a copy of the dollar template from Additional Resources. Tell students they will be designing their own one-dollar bill today. Pass out markers or crayons and stickers if desired. Help students decorate their dollar as needed. Let students share with the class or a friend what they put on their dollar. Display in class.

Options and Extensions

There are several of additional options you could add to the lesson. Read the poem to the class. Set up a small classroom shop where everything costs a dollar. Have students buy items using real dollars. Make sure the items are priced appropriately to teach the value of a dollar. For example, students can buy a bag of Skittles or a handful of erasers for one dollar. Color or decorate the dollar coloring page from Additional Resources. Use the enlarged dollar from Additional Resources to create a simple puzzle. Cut the dollar 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
• Bunny Money by Rosemary Wells
• A Dollar for Penny by Julie Glass
• Curious George Saves His Pennies by Margret Rey and H. A. Rey
• 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.