I started to teach Declan to save money since he is four years old. I bought him a yellow KFC coin box to introduce him to saving. He starts collecting coins around the house and even asking coins from anyone who comes visiting us!
I told him to save money so he can buy his own favourite toys and books this Xmas. He is so excited. Last year, we opened an account for him with his own saving. He is so proud and decided to save again so he can buy his Ben 10 and Masked Rider.
Yesterday, he told me to count his money which I did and told him the money is still not enough..(I simply said that so he would fill his KFC Chicky Coin Box). To convince him, I told him his money is enough when the 'chicken' lays an egg. He looked at me in awe,and off he went,asking coins from grandma and grandpa, searching for coins in my purse and even looking under grandma's big sofa hoping there would be coins somewhere underneath it.
By the end of the day, he had collected many coins and the 'chicken' was finally full. And then-he waited for the chicken to lay an egg.Now,thanks to me, he believes that his chicken will lay an egg by night.
As a creative (and feeling guilty too) mommy, I waited for him to go to bed and slowly put an egg next to his chicky. Next morning, I heard someone shouted," Oh woooowwww!!!Mooommmmy!"
and I knew he found his egg.Hahahaha!
He told his cousins about this and then his cousins started to save their money too. The best thing is when he told me he would buy a xmas present, I just hv to tell him.So I told him I want a gold necklace for Xmas and his reply? "Oh..I dont think my money is enough,I'll buy something else for you,Mummy" Hahahaha!! My darling Declan!
Yipeee!!
We are looking forward for Christmas and I just can't wait for the Xmas present!
Have a wonderful holiday,friends!
5 hours ago
7 comments:
That's a really good way of teaching a child to save! I'll start as soon as Nia can understand. You're lucky declan didn't break the egg!!! If that was me, I think i'd have to put chocolate egg instead! hahahaha! Dah habis packing ker Doria? When are you moving to Kuching? X
Fely,believe it or not..I havent started packing yet..rasa mcm malas je..nak relax dulu..
Btw,welcome home..(soon)..hehehe..
well done declan! haha.. bes has a huge clear plastic milk bottle she fills up with coins.. but she doesnt get the concept of buying presents yet. well done doria too! tell us what u get instead of the gold necklace!
A good lesson to learn from. Chlidren should be taught to learn to save money from early age.
Declan's very smart, and when he grows up and finds out the truth, he'd remember and be touched that his mama is so considerate to fuel the imagination of a young man.
haha...i remembered when i was small i had a M&M coin bank and managed to save up to rm200. But that was only once. I grew up then used my pocket money (which was very scarce) to buy me food in school. I bought a chicky bank from KFC too, exactly like that for my kids.
thats a great skill to teach! keep it up. They should have a subject on money savvy/conciousness at school so our youth won't end bamkrupt at age 24!
you're an inspiring mom doria. take care.
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