Money Matters - 8 Activity easier to teach the value of money

Parents often say, "Money does not grow on trees". This saying is more than an excuse for not buying the latest toys. The value of the money comes from work. Adults need to earn a living. We receive our salaries on goods and services that we offer to our employers, and similarly, we give money for goods and services received from others.

Therefore, a child must learn that the money is received when they deserved. I suggested this idea to someone who was having trouble getting their teen to do their chores, and his response was: "I do not want to corrupt her." But if our employers do not bribe us, it would not work for them. We would like to find a better employer.

In earning the money, the kids want to learn to balance with income. They can decide for themselves if the toy they want is really worth saving or if they want to buy something else. There is more we provide everything, and learn to make choices for themselves.

For us, I have a routine morning and evening. In the morning you get dressed and ready for the day, their beds, and put away their pajamas. In the evening, put on his pajamas, put on their clothes dirty, and clean up their toys. For every morning and evening routine is completed, get a fourth, which would be fifty cents a day. Each week, their habits are posted on their doors.

Here are some ideas to teach children the value of money:

1. Set up a lemonade or ice cream support. Ask them to buy what they need from their own check or you pay them back their gains.

2. Set up an art gallery for them to sell their best works of art or arts and crafts, or have an art show and pay a small admission fee.

3. Help them to offer their services to neighbors and friends for a small fee. Older children can start baby-sitting or gardening. Younger children can pick up sticks or planting flowers.

4. Planting a garden and sell or trade your products for your neighbors.

5. Write a children's picture book together. Was associated with a local shop, and sell it to family and friends.

6. Have a bake sale. Children can help plan, cook, and collect the money.

7. Have a garage sale, and allow you to choose some of their old toys to sell.

8. Have a car wash .......