Addy made a new friend at Camp Calumet. When I asked her what she misses most about Camp she said
“I miss Jack.”
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Kids and Money
What’s the Right Age to Start an Allowance?
What does that look like?
When I was a kid, we had a list of chores to do, and if we got them done we would get an allowence. When I turned 10 I got my first job — a paperboy. My brother also had a route and between my brother, my father and I we would deliver almost 300 papers every day. We would get up early, fold them deliver them and then find time during the weekend to collect money. I delivered papers until I was about 17 years old then I got a “real” job. It was nice, I felt in general I worked less and made more money, but I was not my own “boss” anymore. I learned a lot as a paperboy and I am glad that I did it. I got a lot out of it, not only in material possessions but confidence when it comes to money.
My son CheeseWiz turned six earlier this year, and he finished his first year of kindergarten. He learned so much during his year in kindergarten, and one of the things he learned about was about money. The older he gets the more interested he is in money. He wants it, he knows the difference between a nickle, dime, quarter and dollar. He has a basic understanding that things cost different amounts of money and he wants to do whatever it takes to have more money.
The downside to this is that (like his father) when he gets certain things in his head he obsesses over them.
We have decided that we are not going to give him a weekly allowance but we are going to give him “extra” chores around the house to earn money. There is always something to do around the house and after he gets his “regular” chores done then he will have an opportunity to do the “extra” ones.
This works to a point, but he always wants to do extra chores and as soon as he earns a dollar he wants to spend it. So what is one to do?
We are teaching him the difference between giving, spending and saving which I think is important. He gets it…..to a certain point. I think the one thing that has changed since we have started this whole process. He is thinking about his money, he is deciding what he wants to do with his money.
Our hope in doing this is not only to teach him about spending, saving, and giving, but to start good money habits early. As we progress in this process we will share our successes and failures.
Say Hello To My Little Friend
He doesn’t have a name, a voice, or a personality yet — but I love him anyway. The tag that he came with says his name is Sunny but I don’t like that name. I will be using him during the children’s sermon on Sunday morning. I did a little (VERY LITTLE) ventriloquism in high school. My dad had a puppet and I would use the puppet some, but I did not get into it too much. But ventriloquism has intrigued me over the years.
I have talked with my friend and fellow blogger about the use of storytelling in church. She has blogged about her experiences of memorizing the Gospel lesson and telling that rather than reading the Gospel. I love that idea and perhaps that muscle memory will help in memorizing my sermon as well.
But I think using puppets during the children’s sermon will A) Help with children’s sermon preparation B) Engage the children in Biblical Stories C) Engaged the congregation in the Biblical Stories and D) Bring a new dimension to our worship.
I love the fact that we have a number of families in worship on a Sunday morning, it warms my heart every time I am able to look into the eyes of a child at the communion rail and put my hand on their head and give them a blessing. I love hearing the sounds of children in worship. I hope this brings us an opportunity to expand the role of children in worship.
I am giving myself until June 6th to create a character for my little friend. Any help that you can give me would be great!! Like I said, I need a name for him, a personality, a voice. If you have heard a voice of a cartoon character lately that you think would fit please let me know.
The story that I have thought of so far for my little friend is that he is the “forgotten” the disciple, he claims that there were in fact 13 disciples and since 13 is an unlucky number, he was the one that go cut out. He says that it was all political and he is mad about that. His overall personality may be grumpy disciple and he wants to tell “his side” of the story. Grumpy is usually pretty funny….I like funny. But I am open to changing that, I want this to be good stuff. So I have two questions……
1) If you were to bring your child to church (or if you already do) what kind of character would you like to see?
2) What other ways would you like to see children involved in worship on a Sunday morning?
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