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…
Here’s something interesting a second grader came up with when we were working on the Water Wonderland activity. I’ve written about this activity before, but for those who aren’t familiar, it’s when kids get to make spending choices and at the end of the activity those with enough money get to go to Water Wonderland. The key is that the kids don’t know about WW while they’re making choices. The point of the activity is to show kids how important our…
Today was my last day with this particular group of second graders. One of the girls, Lauren, came running up to me as I was setting up the day’s activity. “I got a job!” she announced. But the gleam in her eyes really said it all. Apparently, after last week’s lesson on special talents and skills, she went home and talked to her parents about doing some jobs around the house for extra money. She got hired to take down…