This coin hunt sensory bin for kindergarten is a learning experience that feels like play. Play learning activities are the ones that your child remembers. Also, look at my page Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum for more ideas.
And a coin hunt sensory bin is fun hands-on, engaging, low-prep, and packed with learning benefits.
This is a simple way to introduce early math and money skills.
For example, a coin hunt is an easy way to build skills like sorting by size and color, counting, comparing, and patterns.
In addition, scooping, digging, and picking up coins strengthens fine motor skills.
And because I use split peas it builds sensory exploration with the texture of split peas.
BOOKS TO LEARN ABOUT MONEY
Next, I’ve listed some books to use as a fun read aloud for all your kids.
5 Books About Learning About Money
Teaching about money for young learners is done best by fun picture books. Add some of these to your home library.
The face painting booth at the school fair provides plenty of opportunities to count combinations of coins adding up to fifty
The Coin Counting Book is the perfect introduction to counting, addition, and identifying American money. From one penny to one-dollar readers will learn the various coins, their mathematical relationships, and how to add them all together once their piggybanks are full. Detailed photos of real money against colorful and bold backgrounds depict each coin along with their value. Rozanne Lanczak Williams’ simple rhyming text makes coin recognition, addition, and skip-counting fun and approachable for readers new to counting and currency.
Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Mama and Papa are worried that Brother and Sister seem to think money grows on trees. To make money of their own, the cubs decide to start their very own businesses, from a lemonade stand to a pet-walking service. Includes over 50 bonus stickers!
Alexander grapples with money management in this beloved picture book from Judith Viorst, author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.Last Sunday, Alexander's grandparents gave him a dollar—and he was rich. There were so many things that he could do with all of that money! He could buy as much gum as he wanted, or even a walkie-talkie, if he saved enough. But somehow the money began to disappear...
In this funny look at money, Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable explain the basics of bills and coins. The comical cats of the wildly popular Words Are CATegorical® series show young readers how to count and combine pennies, nickels, fives, tens, and more. Peppy rhymes, goofy illustrations, and kid-friendly examples take the mystery out of money.
From the author and illustrator duo of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical® series, Math Is CATegorical® introduces basic math concepts for young readers and reveals that sometimes math is easier to show than explain! Pairing clever rhyming verse with comical cartoon cats, Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable help children add up just how fun math can be!
Next, look at more math hands-on ideas.
MORE HANDS-ON MATH ACTIVITIES
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- Fun Math Activities for Spring: How to Make Flower Bead Counters
- Daily Math Activity with the Free Math Quest Calendar
- Free First Grade Math Games & Printable Ice Cream Math
- Math Made Easy: Engaging Addition For Kindergarten Dice Activities
- How to Create a Kindergarten Math Game With Popsicle Sticks
- Ancient Egyptian Mathematics: Build a LEGO Math Calculator
- Pizza Party Math: Exciting Money Math Activities with Felt Pizzas
- Fun Mr Mcgregor’s Vegetable Garden Simple Frugal Math Activity
- 15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas to Make Learning Come to Life
- Creating Fun Red Eyed Tree Frog Manipulatives for Rain Forest Math
Additionally, here are more sensory bin ideas.
SENSORY BIN IDEAS
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- How To Create An Engaging Cranberry Sensory Bin
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- Discover The Magic Of Nocturnal Creatures | Nocturnal Animal Sensory Bin
- How to Make a Watermelon Sensory Bin for Play and Learning
- 9 Hands on Weather Activities for Kids and Awesome Weather Sensory Tray
- Fun Corn Life Cycle Preschool Sensory Bin and Printable Lifecycle Foldout
Finally, look at how to make this coin sensory bin.
COIN HUNT SENSORY BIN FOR KINDERGARTEN
Supply List
- Dried split peas
- Plastic or real coins
- Scoops or spoons (optional)
Fill the sensory bin with dried split peas to create the base.
Hide coins throughout the split peas, placing some on top and others deeper in the bin.
Invite kids to dig through the split peas using their hands or scoops to find all the hidden coins.
Once collected, kids can sort the coins by value.
Re-hide the coins and let kids play again for extended fun.
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