Comments on: 5 Ways To Teach Young Children About Money, Counting, And Making Change

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:13:58 +0000

Not sure what happened to my previous reply…if it needs to be approved, then please don’t post this one.

I did the Toy Shop game with my children, a boy age 6 and a girl age 3. They loved it. Every Saturday morning she especially wants to “play store”, which is how I call it.

I have each bring 5 things from their room and lay it out on a couch, each having their own store (couch).

The first time I was the store owner and they purchased things from me. We would talk about why they were buying something (i.e. a gift for someone) and discussed why one thing cost much more than another (even if it was smaller, etc.). At the end of each making a complete transaction (down to bagging their things and the cashier putting away their money), we compared how much they spent and how much they have saved for later. You should have seen their faces. Having more money left over meant much more to them than having more (or bigger) stuff in their hands. Loved that!

Now they play store owner and I just watch/interact.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:59:44 +0000

I did the Toy Shop game with my children, a boy age 6 and a girl age 3. They loved it. Every Saturday morning she especially wants to “play store”, which is how I call it.

I have each bring 5 things from their room and lay it out on a couch, each having their own store (couch).

Now they play store owner and I just watch/interact.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:58:13 +0000

Thanks for a great post. I will definitely be adding the “Help Cook Game” into our life. I love how all of your ideas teach, give them awesome learning time with their parents and are fun for all too. I firmly believe that my kids will remember the time I spent with them, rather than what I bought for them.

By: Alison @ This Wasn't In The Plan

Alison @ This Wasn't In The Plan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:43:12 +0000

I love all those ideas, especially the toy shop one. My oldest son is three, and so far I’ve just started to try and impress on him the fact that things cost money, and it also costs money to do things sometimes. He’s starting to show an interest in the whole thing and often asks how much things cost.

By: Mom

Mom — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:07:10 +0000

She has five different chores she she does once a day.
-unload the dishwasher
-make her bed
-clean her room (not to perfection, but make an effort)
-set the table
-pick up the toys in the living room

If she were to do them each once a day she would earn $5.00 a week. (she goes to her dad’s house on the weekends)

In reality she earns about $10 a month because it is a rare day that she actually does all her chores.