my son(3yo) keeps asking for cars/trucks/trains when we go into a store. So I tell him it cost too much; he needs money; he needs to work hard for money; etc. So one day he says he wants to wash my car for money, (i assume he learned he can wash cars for money at daycare). Last Friday on the way to grocery store(only place we went on Black Friday =)) he says he wants to get money and a monster truck. While I have the momentum and the next time we have a break I am getting out the bucket, soap and brush and that boy is going to earn some money!
Cute stories aside, does anyone have a suggestion for understanding money at this age? I mean he is too young for spreadsheets, piggy bank will have to be plastic and sealable so he cannot open or throw and break but then he cannot see it unless we open it for him. I remember around 5 learning about money and that is how I think I really understood math. I also wonder when to introduce coins (fractions). Do keep making them save or do you let them spend it. Save for the big truck?