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Mon, Dec 30 2024, 5:40 pm
My 1st grader is asking for a way to earn money so she can save up for things. Doesn’t have to be a lot.
Im wondering what can they do to earn money?
(Also we usually give gifts at birthdays not money).
I don’t want to link it to jobs around the house that are expected..
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Mon, Dec 30 2024, 5:44 pm
amother OP wrote: | My 1st grader is asking for a way to earn money so she can save up for things. Doesn’t have to be a lot.
Im wondering what can they do to earn money?
(Also we usually give gifts at birthdays not money).
I don’t want to link it to jobs around the house that are expected.. |
I agree with not linking it to chores around the house that are expected. Is there anything that you would normally outsource to a paid individual that could be age appropriate? Idk if you have cleaning help, but maybe having this child fold and put away laundry or load and unload the dishwasher would make sense, if that’s not on their usual chores roster? Viewing it as “I’m paying someone anyway, so instead of the cleaning lady/gardener/bike fixer, it will be you” may help generate some ideas
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amother
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Mon, Dec 30 2024, 6:24 pm
My 1st grader started collecting plastic bottles … he won’t earn much but at his age it is !
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amother
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Mon, Dec 30 2024, 6:37 pm
amother Clematis wrote: | My 1st grader started collecting plastic bottles … he won’t earn much but at his age it is ! |
Only some places give money for bottles.
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amother
Charcoal
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Mon, Dec 30 2024, 6:50 pm
Invest her Chanukah gelt and other gifts! My ds did that as a 5th grader and the money really grew. BH, he is now an adult and has some nice money to start life.
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amother
Blonde
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Mon, Dec 30 2024, 7:15 pm
My first grader baked cookies and sold them for 50 cents. It was cute.
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amother
Oxfordblue
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Mon, Dec 30 2024, 7:19 pm
I don't think it's healthy for your first grader to be worried or thinking about money
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amother
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Mon, Dec 30 2024, 7:28 pm
amother Oxfordblue wrote: | I don't think it's healthy for your first grader to be worried or thinking about money |
It’s unhealthy to treat money as a taboo topic . If a first grader wants to earn and spend some money that’s a great moment for them to experience money in a positive way . Money is not bad or good but it is a way to help you live your life. Why not empower them with a healthy knowledge no matter what age ? Money is earned and can be spent or saved .
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#BestBubby
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Mon, Dec 30 2024, 8:15 pm
Maybe be a mother's helper for a neighbor,
Play with the little kids while the mother is home cooking.
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amother
Cream
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Mon, Dec 30 2024, 8:16 pm
I think bonus jobs. Organizing a closet or putting away the spring clothing. Things like that doesn't become an expectation.
Also if she could use an academic push you can give her money for like every book she reads or something.
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nicole81
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Mon, Dec 30 2024, 8:21 pm
My daughter started doing lemonade sales in 1st grade. By 3rd grade she upped it to smoothie sales. She made $9 from the last smoothie sale after paying me for ingredients. That's big money for her. My 1st and 3rd graders also sometimes team up with neighbors to sell or swap old toys. But the weather has to be nice ish for the sales to work. And it needs to get dark later. So now's not the season here.
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amother
Currant
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 3:00 am
I think that using money instead of prizes for a chart is an option.
I use charts to introduce a new behavior that is difficult. Not for routine chores or basics. I think using small amounts of money equal to what you would spend on a prize is good.
Also, he is in 1st grade so learning to read hebrew and english?
I would not pay him for the regular reading homework or practice, but I would get books slightly harder then what he is doing in school, and reward with a quarter for every book. The same with any academic skill that he is struggling with, introduce slightly harder stuff then he is doing for homework, and give him money for it.
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soontobemother
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Yesterday at 7:44 pm
Thanks so much! She does not need academic motivation as she is already reading books wayyy past grade level and is in love with them!
The extra jobs - I like the idea but I already do that with a magnet chart on my fridge. All my kids earn a trip together and it’s been working great! (Things like taking out the bathroom garbage, folding laundry, clearing siblings’ plates after meals)
Soo now Im stuck again. Any other ideas?
(Also lemonade stands I don’t love because kids in my neighborhood mainly do it for tzedaka. And it’s winter anyway… )
Also how would u encourage them earning money while encouraging tzedaka? do u ask ur kids to give maaser from bday gifts?
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amother
Hunter
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Yesterday at 7:54 pm
They can pull weeds out of yard
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amother
Khaki
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Yesterday at 7:57 pm
I would not pay them for anything in my home as I would never want it to be where I ask them for help nd they ask for money/don’t do it. We are a family, a team, and we help each other as needed. (Same for reading books)
I like the lemonade stand, mothers helper for a neighbor, weed for a neighbor…..
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oohlala
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Yesterday at 8:00 pm
I would ask around to see if anyone needs a kid to entertain their toddlers during a busy time of day or Sundays. You can give the mom the money to “pay” her, like a few dollars each time.
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oohlala
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Yesterday at 8:01 pm
We gave our kids a dollar for each tooth that fell out, so that’s something. They also get from the grandparents.
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notshanarishona
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Yesterday at 8:32 pm
#BestBubby wrote: | Maybe be a mother's helper for a neighbor,
Play with the little kids while the mother is home cooking. |
1st grade is way too young for that
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notshanarishona
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Yesterday at 8:32 pm
oohlala wrote: | I would ask around to see if anyone needs a kid to entertain their toddlers during a busy time of day or Sundays. You can give the mom the money to “pay” her, like a few dollars each time. |
A 6 year old? I would never take a helper younger than 8-9
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amother
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Yesterday at 9:05 pm
amother Charcoal wrote: | Invest her Chanukah gelt and other gifts! My ds did that as a 5th grader and the money really grew. BH, he is now an adult and has some nice money to start life. |
I'd love to hear more about this. Where can I invest my child's chanukah money?
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