Smarty Pig Introduction: Teaching the Kids (and Me) Delayed Gratification. Recently I was introduced to SmartyPig.com. It’s an online Piggy Bank for people who are saving for specific financial goals. Which means…. what? It means that SmartyPig is not only a fabulous way to save for something you’re longing for (or need), but it’s also an incredible way to teach your kids about money. I try to teach my kids about money, but I’m pretty sure that I fall into the same trap as a lot of parents. I just buy them stuff. Which strips the kids of the opportunity to learn how to save money, how to wait for things, and how to spend money. SmartyPig is a perfectly named site. I used to take my kids to the bank every Monday and they’d deposit a portion of their weekly allowance into a savings account. After the boys are done comparing how rich they are Alexander asks me to buy him an acoustic guitar.
For something like an acoustic guitar SmartyPig is great for kids. He sat with me while we figured out the math, and determined that he’d need $24.90 every two weeks. Marriages Strained by Unsupportive In-Laws — Mining for Gold Marriage C... Solving the Halloween Candy Conundrum. So, it's been a little over a week since Halloween, and you may be wondering what in the world you are going to do about the massive candy intake still taking place. Here's a little idea my husband came up with and I must admit, it was the best thing we've done as parents in some time. Our kids loved it so much that we are making it an official tradition! The goal was to make tossing out candy both fun and the child's own choice. In no way did we want to manipulate them into tossing the candy, we simply wanted to create "incentives". So we gathered the 3 kids and asked them to go retrieve their Halloween candy bags.
. * hike with Dad up the canyon * stay up 30 minutes past bedtime * mom cleans your room * dad cleans your room :) * popcorn + a movie with mom * kids meal at Kneaders * special drink at the grocery store * overnight with Dad in the teardrop Watching the kids redeem their coupons is a hoot. THE MONSTER AT THE END OF THIS BOOK. Scribble Press, The First Make Your Own Book Store! If you live in NYC or Los Angeles and you haven’t visited Scribble Press, you’re seriously missing out! Scribble Press, located on the Upper East Side of NYC and Santa Monica (and coming soon to the Upper West Side), is the only place where kids can make a book from start to finish.
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Scholastic Launches Social Network Focused On Reading. To highlight the importance of reading, book publisher Scholastic has launched “You Are What You Read,”a social networking site for readers. Users of You Are What You Read create a profile by listing five books that had the biggest impact on their lives, and connect with readers through shared “Bookprints,” as Scholastic calls them.
Users can login to You Are What You Read via Facebook or Scholastic.com accounts. The site features the Bookprints of more than 130 notable people including Scarlett Johansson, Al Roker, Sir James Dyson, Venus Williams, Jodi Picoult, Malcolm Gladwell, Judy Blume, and President George H.W. Bush. Users of the site can: *Can find new books through an interactive web that shows how users’ Bookprints are connected *Compare their Bookprints to those of the participating "Names You Know," and find out if they share a book in their Bookprint with famous athletes, entertainers, scientists, or business leaders Scholastic Launches Social Network Focused On Reading.