Five pennies make a nickel
Two nickels make a dime
I can trade ten pennies for 2 nickels or a dime.
Jingle in my pocket, a dollar and a dime,
A penny and a nickel make me jingle all the time.

Two dimes and a nickel
Make a quarter every time
I can trade a quarter for three nickels and a dime.
Jingle in my pocket, a dollar and a dime,
A penny and a nickel make me jingle all the time.

Four quarters make a dollar
Makes a dollar every time
I can trade four quarters for a dollar any time.
Jingle in my pocket, a dollar and a dime,
A penny and a nickel make me jingle all the time.
A penny and a nickel make me jingle all the time.
A penny and a nickel make me jingle all the time

 

 

 

Activities:

1. Purchase a clear-plastic piggy bank (or use a clear jar with a slit cut in the lid). Put a penny in the piggy bank each day. After five days you will have five pennies; take them out and put in a nickel. Each day, add one more penny. When you have five, take them out and put in another nickel. Then take out the two nickels, put in a dime. The next day add a penny. Add a penny each day until you have five pennies; substitute another nickel. When you have two dimes and five pennies, take out the pennies and replace them with a nickel. Take out all of the coins and put in a quarter. The next day add a penny. Keep this going until you have accumulated $1. The activity can be continued throughout the school year.

  2. Have each child select from the poem a coin they would like to be. To help them remember which coin they chose, give them a paper coin. When you sing the song have the children stand up depending on which coin they have chosen to be. This helps encourage coin recognition.

Many thanks to Sharon MacDonald for permission to publish these lyrics.

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