Money sense for Marina
2006-12-04 星期一(This is a back-date posting for 9 Nov 2006)
Marina is 5 years old and in her k2 this year. She had a tuck shop session from 6 Nov - 9 Nov in her school. So, we given her 80cents each day so that she can “experience” buying and responsible for her own money.
We knew from last year experience, that she will spend her money on useless toys rather than food, so we reminded her not to “waste” her money. She should feed her own tummy first rather than toys or color pencil or stickers.
She came back on the first day happily telling us that she did not “waste” her money on useless toys or stickers…we were pretty proud and gone through with her spending. We found out that she spent 40cents on chicken wing and 15cents on drinks. however, she left with zero cents in her wallets. So, we asked her to tell us where is her 25cents gone to. So she told us that one of her classmates asked her for money and she gladly given to her. We told her that is not the right things to do and told her that she should not give money to others simply. We suspected that she learnt it from us as she think the weekend donations to charity is similar to her “donation” to friends. We had to explain to her the differences and hope that she knows the different.
During dinner, I was wondering if I should ask her to ask the money back from the girl or raise this issue to the school teacher. I felt it’s not the matter of 25cents but it is the principal that we want our girl to understand: (more…)