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Teaching the kid about finances

November 20th, 2007 at 03:22 pm

He made his first consumer purchase at Target on Saturday, with the proceeds from sacrificing a tooth.

Yesterday I read online that: a fair predictor of a child's success in school comes from math skill proficiency in Kindergarten or Grade 1, so I took out some Spectrum Math Workbooks at K and Grade 1 level and told my kid we'd work on them after dinner. His eyes lit up. No, no sarcasm here.

He wanted to work exclusively on the money problems.

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3 Responses to “Teaching the kid about finances”

  1. katwoman Says:
    November 20th, 2007 at 05:40 pm 1195580412
    1195580412

    A tip: Try to steer him towards any problems that show the power of compounding. Then watch his eyes get as big as saucers.

  2. scfr Says:
    November 21st, 2007 at 02:05 am 1195610716
    1195610716

    That's great!

  3. baselle Says:
    November 21st, 2007 at 03:24 am 1195615475
    1195615475

    Heh heh - a little secret - most math problems can turn into money problems, just put a dollar sign in front. Big Grin

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