I got a phone call from Nathan and Ryan’s high school yesterday. It was on the automated system they implemented several years ago as a way to keep parents informed about school happenings. And I love it. Believe it or not, I don’t often find out what’s going on at school through the boys! I was prepared to hear about the upcoming football game or PSAT testing dates but was pleasantly surprised, instead, to find out about the First Annual…
I don’t like to interfere with the business dealings Nathan and Ryan have. I am confident that they can handle them effectively and ethically. A year ago I probably wouldn’t have included the word ‘ethically’ but given what’s happened since then, focusing on ethics has become pretty important. Nathan has a little side business where he drives kids to and from school…for gas money. If you read an earlier post where I wrote about two empty seats in his car…
Very cool. I’ve actually wanted to know the answer to this for a log time…on a bigger scale than the students I work with. And I happened upon it today. US Bank surveyed 1500 (that’s a lot!) kids ages 5 – 12 to find out what they were saving for. Here’s what they discovered: 30% college 15% car 10% pet 9% trip 8% video game 7% helping others/animals 6% iphone 5% laptop 4% musical instrument 3% cell phone 3% other I…
So that was fun. I got to hang out with kindergartners and first graders this morning. With Ryan’s former K/1 teacher. It was like old times when I used to go in twice a week and teach math. Only this time, I was the student. That’s because I wanted to find out what 5- and 6-year olds know about money. I told them that I wanted to learn from them today. They thought that was pretty cool and sat up…
I had the pleasure of a phone conversation with my 5-year old niece, Olivia, the other night. We were chatting about her first weeks in Kindergarten. Apparently, Ian had brought in a pretty nifty coin collection because she talked about it for about a minute, which, if you know anything about five-year-olds, is a pretty long time for any one topic! So that led to a discussion (albeit, short) on money. I asked her what she knew about money. “You buy stuff…