I just got back from my lunch meeting with the student council at one of the school’s where I teach money management. They are helping put together Kidnexions’ first Kids’-Only Yard Sale. I’ve been salivating to do one ever since Keshelle from Camp Millionaire Bahamas emailed me about the one she was doing. What a totally cool idea! So here’s how it works. At least, this is what I’ve got so far. We’ll be “renting” out spaces in the school…
Last semester Ryan took a Home Economics class. His middle school offers a variety of elective classes so I was a little surprised that he decided on home ec. “It’s the food,” he explained when I asked about his decision. And that makes sense; what growing teenage boy doesn’t think of food all the time. But eating isn’t all they did in class. There was a whole unit on sewing. Ryan made a really cool gym bag which he…
Remember when I wrote about one of my students, Angie, who made flyers for her pet-sitting business? She’s been working her tail off! And her sister, Naomi, who was also in the class…well, I’ll just let you read the email I received from their mom: Angie finished her weekend of dog sitting this past weekend. 2 labs for 2 days. On Saturday Naomi passed out fliers on her bathroom cleaning business. Half an hour before she came back she received…
I picked Ryan up from his day at the mall with his friend, Cody. Ryan and his friends usually don’t hang out at the mall which is fine with me. I find that when I go to the mall I always discover things that I didn’t think I needed but all of a sudden have a desire to buy. I have pretty good self discipline and don’t often succumb to the temptations, but I can see where it would require a…
I was going through my binder of story ideas for my monthly Kidnexions Connection newsletter and found a post-it with a story about Nathan. It’s a good thing I took the time to write the story down because I had forgotten all about it. So here’s the first in a series I’m calling ‘Flashback’ as I remember or find things my kids did when they were growing up that relates to learning about money. Sometimes we adults use vocabulary words that don’t…