Then I started thinking about how Dave Ramsey uses the envelope system and then it hit me! Zipper bags! Why not? That's what businesses use to take their money to the bank. So... I found some binder pouches at Walmart for 97 cents apiece and a heavy duty binder.
I made 3 pouches for each boy. One for giving, one for saving, and one for spending (of course in different colors). I drew little pictures on each one (a church, a bank, and a store). I didn't spend a lot of time making my writing or my pictures perfect, nevertheless I am happy with the results. Now maybe we will quit finding quarters all over the house and hearing arguments over to whom the coins belong!
Here is a picture of one of the pouches inside the binder:
10 comments:
Very cool idea! I love it!
awesome idea! We have done chore jars in the past, but the reward was always to spend the money on something they wanted. It is important to teach them about tithing too!
Good idea. Very organized. haha
I love this idea!
GREAT idea, Kim! We have tried several different ways of communicating stewardship to our kiddos....not been overly happy with any of them. I think your simple plan is worth a TRY! Thanks!
I'll have to give it a try.
Miss Kim,
I just wanted to come over here and tell you how much I appreciated your words about discipline on "Families against Feminism." You put your response so beautifully and lovingly, and it meant a lot to me today. :) It is very neat for a young woman like me to have older, wiser women like you to look up to. :)
I like that idea. Thanks for sharing.
Neat idea. I bought the real bank cheap when my oldest niece was little, and to our amusement, she would usually put more in the spending slot, and she couldn't even read :-) - why is it that books on how to save money, and banks to show your kids how to save, cost so much?? Save money - don't buy them! :-)
Liked the "older" wiser woman comment! :) hehehehe
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