After looking at various resources online, it seems like the counting money lesson plan starts as early as first grade. In first grade, students learn about the smaller monetary values -- such as pennies, nickels and dimes. As students progress to second grade, it seems like many of the lesson plans began to incorporate different dollars and quarters. See below for a resource that I discovered on K5 Learning.
Additionally, after reading about this topic online, I came across several other activities that can be done with elementary students to familiarize them with counting money, what value different coins hold, and the different values of paper bills. One method I saw required the teacher or parent to give the child a pile of coins to sort. At this point the goal is to study the money, not count it. Have them sort the money by coins and ask them to notice how the coins are different. Point out the different faces on the coins and the variety of backs of the coins. from here, teachers or parents can explain how to tell different coins apart and how to understand what value each coin has. Teachers can also have students line up the nickels and dimes to get to $1.00 to better understand coin values. Touching each nickel as they count, they can count by fives to get to $1.00. Teachers can repeat this by putting the nickels in a pile and letting them move them as they count. Similarly, they can do the same thing with pennies or dimes!
Prianka! I love this counting money lesson! The video is adorable, and I think a fun way for kids to engage with the lesson that may be new for them. I am also a big fan of tactile lessons and earlier exposure of things to become familiar with them. For this reason the idea of having students sort the coins without worrying about their values is ingenious to me. Also, to add to this lesson, recently in our classroom we were working on a coin each week. We have a coin book (worksheet that was cut and stapled). The students had to go threw the 4-5 page book and match a real coin (or plastic) with the appropriate picture. Sometimes the coin was shown on its back, others the front. They then colored that page of the book. This would be a great activity should you want to add it! Let me know and I can get you the coin book information.
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