State Quarter Math

The day after Halloween the children brought in Unicef boxes filled with many coins.  The children worked in pairs to divide the coins according to their denomination.  Once the coins were separated the children first counted up how many of each coin they had.  Then they figured how much the coins were worth.All of the State Quarters were separated to be used for a special activity.   Each child got a bag with 4 quarters.  They had to write information about the each coin. 

They identified what state was on the coin, when the coin was issued, and when did it become a state.  They then examined the coins to see if there was an animal, a flower, a person, or a vehicle on the coin.   Where there any stars on the coin? If so, how many.

The children then colored in a map showing where their 4 states were.  As a group activity we colored in a larger map showing where all the states were.  

We discovered that we were missing two state quarters.  We did not have one from Delaware, New Jersey, Illinois, Alabama, Missouri, and Arkansas.  

The children asked why all of the states were on the east coast.  A discussion followed with the children discovering that when people first came to this country they landed along the Atlantic seacoast.

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