Gold Coin Activities
It’s almost March, which means it’s time for St. Patrick’s Day activities!
One way you can make math fun is to use a tangible item, like these plastic gold coins! There are so many ways to use these and I’m excited to share them with you today! These are playful learning activities for preschoolers that work on concepts such as counting, patterns, number recognition, and more!
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Materials Needed
The only thing you need for these activities is a set of plastic gold coins. I found a set at Hobby Lobby and it included gold and green coins. We used these for all the activities.
Gold Coin Activities
Making Ten
This activity uses a simple ten frame and gold coins. The goal is to make combinations of gold and green coins to make the number ten and then write out the equation. This would be great for kindergarteners and 1st graders.
Why are ten frames important?
Ten frames are great for helping kids understand numbers. Ten frames can be used to develop students’ subitizing skills, the ability to “instantly see how many”. This skill plays a fundamental role in the development of students’ understanding of number. In the free printable, I include two ten frame activities.
Roll the Number
This simple game is also a great way to work on subitizing. I include a printable dice, or you can use any kind of dice. When they roll it, they may count the dots, but the more children do games with dice, they will star to see how many dots without counting them.
Roll it and then cover that number. The goal is to get all the numbers covered.
Play Dough Numbers
For this activity, you’ll use play dough to make numbers. This is fun for little ones, especially kinesthetic learners. It is also great for fine motor skills!
There are 7 activities in the packet! If you’d like to download this printable, just fill out the form below!
Thank you so very much for your inspiring and easy to use activities. My Alpha shamrocks came out with black background taking lots of ink. You might want to consider adding white background if the image is transparent to avoid that for those who print. Thank you again you are a lifesaver.
Hi there! It is a transparent background. The way to get rid of the black box is by updating Adobe Reader to the most current version. This will take care of the black boxes. I’m sorry this happened to you!