tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234182566016567154.post2459804835822343908..comments2023-10-25T01:58:21.425-07:00Comments on The Middle Aged Woman Who Lived in a Shoe: Book Points - In Place Of AllowanceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00311283692348432981noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234182566016567154.post-32385325473177323162012-04-20T06:31:07.033-07:002012-04-20T06:31:07.033-07:00Thanks "Joyful". Something that works f...Thanks "Joyful". Something that works for us is to purchase gift cards ahead of time. This might work well with the Lego too. The kids get excited to have a $10.00 gift card, and we pick it up when we have extra money.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311283692348432981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234182566016567154.post-68447534285058597852012-04-19T22:02:46.167-07:002012-04-19T22:02:46.167-07:00I think I'll adapt your idea, my son (4 1/2 ye...I think I'll adapt your idea, my son (4 1/2 years) isn't a book lover, but he is saving up for a $50 lego set he has wanted since Christmas, he's been saving since January when I got the idea to put up an envelope and chart in his bedroom and help him earn the money to buy it himself, as we can't afford to buy it for him. This is a way for him to learn the value of money and the joy of working and earning and saving and then finally receiving the prize.<br />We've struggled figuring out how to pay him and what he can do to earn it, we can't afford to pay him $1 every time he helps do dishes, vacuum, helps clean up his brothers messes, etc, he could earn up to $5 a day, and with my hubby being a full time student, with no job yet we can't afford that, so we've been very inconsistent with helping him earn his money. This system however could work great! Thanks!!!Cyndel https://www.blogger.com/profile/15188660485232154378noreply@blogger.com