The Money Rap
Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
Well a penny is one
And a nickel is five,
A dime is worth ten
And a quarter twenty-five.
Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
Five pennies make a nickel,
Two nickels make a dime.
Two dimes and a nickel
make a quarter and it's mine.
Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
The Money Poem
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're worth ten.
Quarter, quarter
Big and bold,
You're worth twenty-five
I am told!
Counting Quarters Song
Touch toes and whisper:
Zero!
Touch knees and sing:
Twenty-five,
Touch hips and sing:
Fifty,
Touch shoulders and sing:
Seventy-five,
Stretch arms high in the air and sing:
A dollar!
Dance and sing:
I got a dollar! I got a dollar!
I got a dollar! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Who’s got a dollar?
I’ve got a dollar!
I got a dollar! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Lunch Money
Carol Diggory Shields
Don't ask dad-- he never has any.
Grandma's purse has a nickel and a penny,
Mom has a dollar, but the car needs gas.
Here's a dirty quarter someone found in the grass.
Checked all our pockets-- nothing but gum.
Piggy bank! Piggy bank! Here I come!
Money’s Funny
By: Mary Ann Hoberman
Money's funny.
Don't you think?
Nickel's bigger than a dime,
So's a cent.
But when they're spent,
Dime is worth more
Everytime.
Money's funny.
The Dollar Song
To the tune of “Ten Little Indians”
One little, two little, three little dimes,
Four little, five little, six little dimes,
Seven little, eight little, nine little dimes,
Ten dimes make 100 cents.
Two little, four little, six little nickels,
Eight little, ten little, twelve little nickels,
Fourteen little, sixteen little, eighteen little nickels,
Twenty nickels make 100 cents.
Ten little, twenty little, thirty little pennies,
Forty little, fifty little, sixty little pennies,
Seventy little, eighty little ,ninety little pennies,
100 pennies make 100 cents.
Smart
Shel Silverstein
My dad gave 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 took the nickels to Hiram Combs
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!