Check out the coin calendar cutouts I have created. You can print them out for free and use them on your calendar or as a BINGO game. You might wonder why I chose to create coin calendar cutouts. Well, first of all I have never seen anything like them and thought they'd be fun to have on a calendar. More importantly this year(2009) marks the bicentennial year of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. I know that young children may not be especially interested in learning about Lincoln, but are fascinated by money. As you teach them about pennies you will be addressing the math standards and as you talk about Lincoln you will be meeting the social studies standards. In February we celebrate Presidents' Day and as your students examine nickels, dimes, and quarters they will learn about the other presidents who are represented on our coins. You will notice that I have represented the 10th day of the month with a dime. Ask your students which other ways the 10th day could be represented. We sell class sets of plastic coins that can be used by your students to show different ways of arriving at 10 cents, 15 cents, 27 cents, etc. We also sell head and tails rubber stamps that can be used to record the different answers that your students discover.

Enjoy!