Description

What our Money: Quarter lesson plan includes

Lesson Objectives and Overview: Money: Quarter teaches young learners about the US quarter-dollar coin. Students will be able to recognize a quarter, describe its color, and understand that it is worth 25 cents. This lesson is for students in preschool.

QUARTER PAINTING ACTIVITY

Give each student a piece of sturdy paper and a quarter. Put a little squirt or two of paint on the paper. Let students paint with the quarter. Let dry. Teacher Tip: Most students love the sensory experience of painting with a quarter, but if you have a student who does not, try using a clothespin to hold the quarter instead. This will allow them to paint but skip the mess.

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 quarter into the playdough to make impressions. For sensory fun, set up a bin with cloud dough or kinetic sand and have students dig for quarters. Set up a small classroom shop where everything costs a quarter. Have students buy items using real quarter. Make sure the items are priced appropriately to teach the value of a quarter.

Quarter Stack Challenge: See how many quarters students can stack before the pile tumbles! Great for motor skills and counting practice. Color or decorate the quarter coloring page from Additional Resources. Use the enlarged quarter from Additional Resources to create a simple puzzle. Cut the quarter 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
• Quarters by Mary Hill
• The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne Lanczak Williams
• A Dollar for Penny by Julie Glass
• 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.