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Coin Spotting Fun: Circle the Coins!

This worksheet asks children ages 3-5 to scan a page of mixed images and circle every coin they can find, building early visual discrimination and introducing the concept of money as a distinct category of object. Learning to recognize coins by their round shape and shiny appearance lays early groundwork for later skills like counting money and understanding value.

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Month 9: Holistic Preschool Play Learning | Ages Up to 4

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About this worksheet

Topic:
Coin Recognition
Skill:
Coin Recognition (Money): Identify and recognize coins.
Pack:
Page 21 of 30 in Month 9: Holistic Preschool Play Learning | Ages Up to 4.

How to use this worksheet

Look at the full page of images together first, without circling anything, and talk about what makes a coin look different from other objects — its round shape, its shine, its size. Have your child go through the page circling every coin they spot. Once finished, count together how many coins were found and talk about any patterns, like differences in size.

Materials needed

  • Pencil

Extension activities

  • Collect a handful of real coins and sort them by size, color, or value.
  • Set up a pretend shop using toy or real coins so your child can practice 'buying' small items.
  • Take a coin rubbing using paper and a crayon to explore the texture and design on a coin's surface.
  • Play an 'I spy' game around the house or in a piggy bank looking specifically for coins.
Hemsweta Jain (Teacher Cheena), founder of RaisoActive

Written by

Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena

MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai

Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.

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