Earn Some Money

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Earn Some Money

Getting your child to appreciate the value of hard work (and hard-earned money) doesn’t have to be boring.

Build a business. Teach your kids how to make fresh lemon juice (lemonade) and help them set up a neighborhood juice stand. You can use local varieties of lemon if you wish. For example, in the Philippines, calamansi is a popular alternative for juices and shakes. Go to the grocery or market to stock up on fresh lemons.Teach your kids how to mix a basic juice recipe:

  1. Wash the lemons and drain off excess water.
  2. Using a knife, slice the lemon in half.
  3. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon into a glass.
  4. Add water until the cup is 3/4 full.
  5. Add sugar to taste (2 to 3 teaspoons).
  6. Pour in cubes of ice and serve!

Either mix your lemon juice by the glass, or mix several glasses and pour into a large thermos for easy pouring. Help your kids compute how much they are spending for the lemons, water and ice, and paper cups; and figure out a good price point for your juice.Go to the bank and have your large bills exchanged in coins so that you will have enough change for potential customers. Put your money in a shoebox or mini-safe with a lock for safekeeping.

Set up a table outside your house. Lay out paper cups in trays, and keep a cooler to the side that’s filled with ice. Put up a sign to advertise your juice stand and start selling! Once you get used to the daily grind of a juice stand, you can start innovating the products you offer. Try out these fun lemon concoctions:

    • lemon ice pops (lemon juice frozen into ice cubes with popsicle sticks)
    • lemon shake (lemon juice with crushed ice)
    • tamarind, honey and lemon juice

Help your kids go through the toys and clothes they want to keep, and those they don’t play with anymore, and organize a garage sale!Assign specific jobs for different kids, according to what they find interesting. Any task your kid seems interested in can be turned into something fun, and can give them a sense of responsibility, too.

The stock manager can help you weed through old toys and clothes and decide on what can be sold and what should be kept.The price manager can tag each item with masking tape labels (grown ups can take care of figuring out the prices, since you have a better handle on the finances). Grown ups can take care of setting up tables in the garage or garden, where all the wares can be set up and displayed. The visual merchandiser can fold clothes and arrange toys in stacks, making sure that everything is neat and fixed before and even during the sale

The cashier can count change and hand over receipts to customers. Make sure to station an adult to guide the cashier in counting and making sure all is accounted for. The bagger can place all purchased items in recycled bags or boxes. Even before the actual sale, his job can involve collecting reusable bags found throughout the house. The advertising manager can take care of drawing posters and signs and helping distribute them throughout the neighborhood. Setting up the sale. Here are some straightforward tips to make sure you hold a garage sale without any hitches!

  1. Collect all items to be sold one week before your planned sale.
  2. Price and tag them.
  3. Separate your garage into areas. One table can be for toys, another for clothes, another for home accessories, etc. Also have a cashier’s area where purchases can be processed, and a bagging area for all the bought goods.
  4. At least five days before your scheduled sale, spread the word to the neighborhood by sending out flyers into their mailbox, or putting up an announcement. If you want to attract even more customers, you can print some flyers and hand them out to people.
  5. Collect bags to put the customer’s purchased items in. Make sure you have enough to cover all your items!
  6. Exchange large bills for smaller bills and coins so anyone who pays with a large bill can be given the proper amount of change.
  7. Set up a cashbox or mini-safe that can hold the money.
  8. Prepare a calculator, pad, and pencil by the cashier’s station.

Let your kids know that museums don’t have to be boring–learning about our culture and art can actually be a fun and worthwhile experience. A great way to prepare would be to familiarize them with the different things they’re about to see before making the trip. So whether it’s animals, planets, places or objects, here are some fun ways to get them excited for a visit to the museum:

  • Take out some science books of the kids and go through them together the day before the big trip. Familiarize them with animals, dinosaurs, planets and the like by reading about them together and taking note which ones are his favorites.
  • Pop in some educational cartoons! Finding Nemo and Dinosaur are classic children’s films that educate and are still a treat to watch.  Watching these movies will make recall easier for your kids when you both see the actual photos and exhibits.
  • If you have flash cards at home with pictures of plants and animals, show them to your kid and make him guess the object on the card!
  • Bring out your child’s educational toys like animals, dinosaurs or plants. You can write the names on small pieces of paper and stick them to the toys to help your child familiarize with them. If you still remember your Science lessons, now would be a great time to provide short but simple stories of how these creatures came about.

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