1 cent is a penny

10 cents is a dime,

5 cents is a nickel,

Now you know that I’m

Learning about money

And which coin is which

Don’t forget the quarter,

It’s worth 25 cents!

A Penny Is One Cent

A penny is one cent.

(stamp your foot)

A nickel is five.

(slap your thigh)

A dime is ten cents.

(clap our hands)

A quarter twenty-five.

(snap your fingers over your head)

How many cents have I on this try.

Snap, stamp, stamp would be 27 cents.

Penny, penny,

Easily spent.

Copper brown

And worth one cent.

Nickel, nickel,

Thick and fat.

You’re worth five cents,

I know that!

Dime, dime,

Little and thin.

I remember,

You are worth ten!

Quarter, quarter,

Big and bold.

You’re worth twenty-five

I am told.

Money Rap

Well I know a song
It's really kind of funny
 It's all about coins
 And learning to count money
       
        Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters
        Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters
       
        Now a penny means one (hold out 1 finger)
        And a nickel means five (hold out 5 fingers)
        Dimes are worth ten (hold out 10 fingers)
        And quarters twenty five (flash... 10 twice & then 5)
       
        Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters
        Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters
       
        Five pennies in a nickel (hold out 1 hand- fingers
stretched)
        Two nickels in a dime (hold out 2 fingers)
        Five nickels in a quarter (hold out 1 hand - fingers
stretched)
       
        You'll know it every time! (using both hands do a
downward motion)
       
        Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters
        Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters Yeah!!

Money Rhymes

Twenty five cents,
Money that rhymes,
Take one nickel
Add two dimes.

Three fat nickels,
One thin dime.
Makes twenty-five cents
Every time.

Five fat nickels,
No thin dimes.
Makes twenty-five cents
Any time.

The Dollar Song
"Ten Little Indians"

10 little, 20 little, 30 little pennies.
40 little, 50 little, 60 little pennies.
70 little, 80 little, 90 little pennies.
100 pennies make a dollar!

2 small, 4 small, 6 small nickels.
8 small, 10 small, 12 small nickels.
14 small, 16 small, 18 small nickels.
20 nickels make a dollar!

1 tiny, 2 tiny, 3 tiny dimes.
4 tiny, 5 tiny, 6 tiny dimes.
7 tiny, 8 tiny, 9 tiny dimes.
10 dimes make a dollar!

1 big, 2 big, 3 big quarters.
4 big, 4 big, 4 big quarters.
1 big, 2 big, 3 big quarters.
4 quarters make a dollar!
 

Smart

My dad have me one dollar bill
"Cause I'm his smartest son,
And I swapped it for two shiny quarters
"Cause two is more than one!

And then I took the quarters
and traded them to Lou
For three dimes--I guess he don't know
That three is more than two!

Just then, along came old blind Bates
And just 'cause he can't see
He gave me four nickels for my three dimes,
And four is more than three!

And I tood the nickels to Hiram Coombs
Down at the seed-feed store,
And the fool gave me five pennies for them,
And five is more than four!

And then I went and showed my dad,
And he got red in the cheeks
And closed his eyes and shook his head-
Too proud of me to speak!
by Shel Silverstein

Coins
(The Ants Go Marching)

The penny is small and brown, you see
Hurrah!  Hurrah!
The penny is small and brown, you see
Hurrah!  Hurrah!
The penny is small and brown, you see
Hurrah!  Hurrah!
It's worth one cent;
That's enough for me!
And it jingle-jangles down in my pocket
With the rest of the coins.
Clink! Clink! Clink!

Additional verses:
The nickel is silver and smooth all around.
It's worth five cents, heads up or down.

The dime is tiny and silver too.
It's worth ten cents' I know it's true.

The quarter is the biggest one.
It's worth 25 cents, and now we're done.
By Sapna Datta

The Baby Kangaroo

"My baby is a bright one,"
said the mother kangaroo.
"With money in my pocket,
he knows just what to do."

He counts the nickels all by fives.
The dimes he counts by ten.
And if they drop, he quickly
picks them up and counts again.

Each time I give my son a coin
he always hollers, "Thanks!"
And when he's got a lot of them,
He puts them in his bank!

Valuable Verses
(Are You Sleeping)

Penny, penny.  Penny, penny.
Worth one cent.  Worth one cent.
Nickels are worth five.
Nickels are worth five.
Dimes are ten.  Dimes are ten.

Quarter, quarter.  Quarter, quarter.
Twenty-five.  Twenty -five.
That's what they are worth.
That's what they are worth.
Let's count coins!  Let's count coins!

By Kristin Webber

One a Penny

One a penny,
Two a penny,
Three a penny,
More,
Four a penny,
Five a penny,
That's a nickel more.

Six a penny,
Seven a penny,
Eight a penny,
More,
Nine a penny,
Ten a penny,
That's a dime for the store!

Four Bright Coins

Four bright coins shining at me,
The first one said, "I'm a penny you see."
The second one said, "How do you do?
I'm called a nickel, and I'm bigger than you!"
The third one said, "You're both small stuff,
If you want to buy something, you're not enough!
But look at me, I'm small, and I shine,
I can buy something cuz I'm a dime."
The last coin looked at them all and laughed,
"All of you together don't measure up to me,
Cuz I'm a quarter, can't you see?"

The Coins Go Rolling
("The Ants Go Marching")
Submitted by Jenny Daughtry

The smallest coin of all is the penny. The penny.
The penny is worth one cent. One cent.
The picture on the penny is the maple leaf,
And the penny goes rolling down, to the ground, to get to the bank
Boom, boom, boom.

The next biggest coin is the nickel. The nickel.
The nickel is worth five cents. Five cents.
The picture on the nickel is the beaver,
And the nickel goes rolling down, to the ground, to get to the bank
Boom, boom, boom.

The next biggest coin is the dime. The dime.
The dime is worth ten cents. Ten cents.
The picture on the dime is the schooner,
And the dime goes rolling down, to the ground, to get to the bank
Boom, boom, boom.

The next biggest coin is the quarter. The quarter.
The quarter is worth twenty-five cents. Twenty-five cents.
The picture on the quarter is the caribou,
And the quarter goes rolling down, to the ground, to get to the
Bank boom, boom, boom.

The next biggest coin is the loonie. The loonie.
The loonie is worth one dollar. One dollar.
The picture on the loonie is the loon,
And the loonie goes rolling down, to the ground, to get to the bank
Boom, boom, boom.

The biggest coin of all is the toonie. The toonie.
The toonie is worth two dollars. Two dollars.
The picture on the toonie is the polar bear,
And the toonie goes rolling down, to the ground, to get to the bank
Boom, boom, boom.

My Piggy Bank

Monday I found a penny
And put it in my shoe.
Tuesday I found a penny
And now I've got two!

Wednesday I found a penny.
Oh!  What fun for me!
I added it to the others
And that made three.

Thursday I found a shiny nickel.
It was the color gray.
Mom said to save them all
For some rainy day.

On Friday I found a quarter.
It was big, silver, and round.
It was hiding in the tall grass
Laying on the ground.

Saturday I found a little dime.
It was the smallest coin I found.
It was laying near a little stream...
Do you think it could've drowned?

On Sunday I found a dollar bill,
Paper worn and green.
Dad said, "Hey! That's worth a lot!
One hundred pennies, I mean!

A little pig came oinking by
And saw all of my money.
He said, "Just drop them in my back,
I'll save them in my tummy!"
~Sherry Huling

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