Noah and Harrison have been asking questions about money. A few weeks ago Harry offered to clean out my car and requested to keep all the loose change he found. The new chruch we’re attending has a great Sunday school program, and the kids voted to buy a goat for a family in a foreign country wiht the offerings. Noah was asking me the difference between selling something and giving it away; and, of course, they ask for EVERYTHING cool they see when at the store. So, the time is right to start a money management program.
We’ve done sticker charts for potty training and chores, but now we’ll switch to money. I have fond memories of my parents using stacks of pennies at dinner to teach us table manners. Plus Rob supplies me with a never-ending source of loose change found in the washing machine, so we’re already set.
I used old play-dough containers and sprayed them with chalkboard paint. That way the boys can personalize and re-docorate or we can draw a picture of the object they are saving for right on the little bank.
Hopefully the boys will like this idea and it can be both a positive motivator and a life lesson in money management with an emphasis on giving and saving before spending!
The banks are a hit. We’re saving for the goats and chickens at church, and for new clothes for the kids who we donated toys to last month!
