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Grade: Elementary
Subject: Mathematics

#863. Counting By Quarters to a Dollar

Mathematics, level: Elementary
Posted Sun Feb 28 11:49:33 PST 1999 by Peggy Green (Swampcatwife@Hotmail.Com).
Central Elementary School, Currituck, North Carolina
Materials Required: Many quarters, a megephone
Activity Time: 10 minutes
Concepts Taught: Counting by quarters; Identification of quarters

I found that if I introduce the quarter on George
Washington's birthday, the children remember it better.Then
I teach them this cheer:

25, 50, 75, a dollar
If you can spend money
Stand up and holler!