The Coin Counting Book

The Coin Counting Book
By: Rozanna Williams
Genre: Non-Fiction
Ages: 4-8

The book is about pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and more. It is an introduction to math and coins. The book teaches children what value coins have and what coins add up to make other values. This book should be used to help children practice their math skills with money. Children will love the idea of learning about money. This is a fabulous way to incorporate literature into math!


Theme:
Each coin has its own value. A penny is worth 1 cent, a nickel 5, a dime 10 and a quarter 25. There are different ways to get different values. For example, you can take 2 nickels and make the same worth as a dime.


About the author:
Rozanna Williams has written over 180 books! Most of the books she has written have been geared towards children who are beginning to read. She also has written books for teachers to give educators various activities for literacy instruction. She loves to write, visit schools to talk about her books, and spend time with her family.


Pre-reading activity:
I would simply have fake money before reading the book and hold up each coin and ask the students how much each coin was worth. I would also ask them questions about which coins can be used to make certain values.


Post-reading activity:
I would set up a mock store in the classroom and give each student one dollar of fake money. When purchasing items they will demonstrated their knowledge of adding up coins to make values.

Source used:
http://www.magicbookgarden.com/about_roz.html