Change in My Pocket

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Instructions

Invite the children to recite the following rhyme.Change in My PocketOne brown penny,It's worth just a cent.The lowest amount I know,And very easily spent.A shiny new nickel,It's a little fat.It's worth five cents,Now you know that.A little dime,That is so thin and trim.It's worth ten cents,And can be spent on a whim.Finally, an old quarterThat is big and bold.It's worth 25 cents,So I'm told.Now how much moneyDo I have? Do you know?I can hear the ice cream truck,And I want to hurry up and go!

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