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A task completed for my uni work, necessary to get to know the way that the website works and provide evidence for that.

I decided to do the story about this subject as it is something that I have close experience with.

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Congratulations to our Primary Years students on being risk-takers and completing their first assembly of the year. Their performance was informative and creative. The students discussed their Unit of Inquiry and related it to their exploration of Multiple Intelligence and Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats.

(via Primary Grades 1-3 Assembly 2015)

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Primary Years' Teachers at Aisen Nursery and Primary School

Primary Years’ Teachers at Aisen Nursery and Primary School

Aisen Nursery and Primary School, a 3-form entry, co-educational, British curriculum school, providing education for children aged between 18 months and 11 years.

The school is housed in fit-for-purpose buildings on a site of over 10 plots, consisting of a multipurpose hall, large air conditioned classrooms, as well as specialist teaching rooms for Music, Science, 1CT, Art; in addition, the…

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Money, money, money - It's an informed kids' world

Last week I was listening to a programme on the radio about teaching school children the importance of money. The debate came after the Government’s announcement earlier this year to include personal finance into the national curriculum for secondary school children. The panel on last week’s programme discussed the pros and cons of teaching the value of money in primary schools. I listened carefully to their debate and it made me wonder whether or not I’d want to teach my child the importance of material things at such an early age. The truth of the fact is that no matter how much we try to shy away from the rather crude reality of money and it’s importance, money is a big player in our lives, and learning about it at such a young age might not be such a bad thing. What I wanted to know is how can a young childs’ buying behaviour at primary school age determine what they’ll eventually become as adults. I for one want my daughter to know the worth of how hard her parents work to put food on her plate, and be able to appreciate the finer things in life without, as so many children do, taking it for granted.

So, to test out whether children ought to be taught the monetary value of things I decided to take my three year old daughter and my nephews (four, seven, and nine years old) on a little ‘shopping trip’ this weekend.

Our first stop was a rather high end children’s boutique, where naturally the children’s eyes lit up, they ran from one end of the shop to the other, happily choosing their favourite item to purchase. My three-year old daughter came running up to me with a magic wand and requested I buy it for her. My four year old nephew had bigger plans, “well, I don’t have a bike, maybe we can get this one?” he said, puppy dog eyes looking at me pleadingly (by the way, he has about three bikes at home, in various colours and sizes.) For my nine year old nephew, a rather sophisticated novel was on the horizon. As for the seven year old, he just kept wandering around, looking at things, putting them back down again, playing a little, and then starting the whole process over again - this guy wanted to be more cautious in his approach. The price tags on all these ‘little’ items were rather dear to say the least, so I smiled at them all and gave them a firm “no.” Obviously, the whinging and crying started, and it took all sorts of convincing arguments to finally get them out of the shop.

Our next stop was a seemingly more affordable setting. A well-known children’s toy shop. I reached out into my bag and explained to them the process of what was about to happen, they would be given one pound an they would have to spend it wisely. Now the two little ones, the three and four year old went about looking at all the numbers on each of the toys trying to figure out where the “£1” sign was. Although no matter how many times I showed them they still couldn’t really grasp the concept. Once again my four year old nephew chose a bike, then a guitar, and then a ball pit. He didn’t really seem to know what “£1” meant. My daughter on the other hand chanced it at every opportunity “if you give me two more pounds, then I can get this!” she squealed excitedly holding a £3 baby’s milk bottle in her hand. My two older nephews on the other hand wandered around the shop, playing with all the toys, whilst moaning miserably about the lack of spending money they had. We slowly realised that our one pounds would not get us very far in this shop. Once again, we got our things and made a swift exit.

Convincing the children to leave the shop was not hard, especially since a more humble toy shop was ready to welcome us just next door. This shop had it all. Large £1 signs, bargain offers, pretty banners everywhere, and discounts galore. I knew they would all find something in this shop. Now this is where it got interesting. As soon as we entered, my three year old and her nine year old cousin ran up to the bargain basement and chose the first thing they saw for a pound. A bubble wand for the three year old, and a pack of water balloons for my nephew. They didn’t even look around further. They were so tired of looking around for something that cost a pound and realised that it wouldn’t take them very far that they chose the first thing they set their eyes on. They were just glad to have found something. Grateful, they queued up to pay for their goods.

My opportunist little four year old nephew searched around again, unaware of the one pound sign, trying to convince me to buy him something a little more ‘worth’ the money in his pocket. I refuse and explain the concept to him again. Finally we came across the ‘children’s pocket money treat’ zone. This is where his eyes lit up and he happily picked up two kinder eggs for the price of one. This kid couldn’t believe his luck. Not only did he wait it out, but in the end he got two things!

My last protege, my seven year old nephew continued his search, mulling over various objects, calculating the cost of things in his mind. This kid wanted to wait it out. “Time’s up!” I called out. The clock was ticking and we’d already spent two hours in search of something for one pound. He quickly grabbed something and walked to the till. When he got to the cashier he didn’t look too pleased. He wasn’t very happy with his choice but decided to go along with it because time was running out. The cashier noticed his unhappy face and asked him if he’d like to see some more goods from the store cupboard. My nephew’s eyes lit up and he followed the cashier to a different part of the store. He came back delighted. A pack of animated cards. Hooray! He finally found something. My seven year old nephew was the most cautious of them all. Waiting it out, hoping something better would come along to stretch his money as far as it would go.

As we were about to leave my nine year old nephew spots a discount ‘piggy bank card’. Get one today and the store will automatically put £1 in there for you. All you have to do is save your money with them. He’s got it. It’s the first rule of banking and he wanted to play the game because in the long run it’d help him next time we visited the shop. He took two, one for himself and one for his brother.

The test was an eye opener. What it revealed about my four little guinea pigs was that the value of money can and should be taught at an early age. They all realised that ‘mummy’ or ‘auntie’ won’t buy everything they want, and most importantly it taught them that although money might be hard to earn, it’s equally difficult to spend.

A great challenge for all kids and parents, have a go! You might even discover a side of your child you never knew they had.

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