All I Want for Christmas is my Piggy Banks
Monetary gifts are becoming a popular choice when you just don’t know what to buy for a kid. Sometimes it’s easier to hand over some money and let a child decide what they would like to buy when you have no idea what they’re into. In our family, monetary gifts present a great opportunity to [...]
Back to School – Tips how kids can help with their piggy banks
With October here, kids are finally into the swing of things with school and new routines. Now, presents a great time to have kids budget and use money from their piggy banks to help pay and make purchases related directly to school. I’ll present some tips and ideas for how children can budget money from [...]
Kids & Summer Employment – Think Beyond the Lemonade Stand!
We don’t plan on giving our children an allowance forever and we’ve already begun discussing plans on way they can begin to make their own money. Summer presents the ideal time to get kids thinking outside the box in terms of how they can come up with some creative ways to make their own [...]
SAVING Buys a New Bike!
Those of you who are familiar with our family know that my children budget any money they receive through their allowance, monetary gifts and that they make on their own, between their four piggy banks for SPENDING, SAVING, SHARING and SCHOOLING.
Recently our son, who is now eight years old, has expressed an interest in competing [...]
Take a Trip to Planet Orange!
Several weeks ago while preparing material for Money Smart Kids, I came across the website Planet Orange. The website was created by ING Direct as a way to help teach kids more about money and how to use it. Immediately I was intrigued and wanted to see if the site would be something that I could use [...]
Money Smart Kids
My 15 years as a teacher has served me well and I look forward to a new challenge this year. I’ve put together a series of workshops called Money Smart Kids. The workshops will be held at Loyalist College in Belleville, ON and children from 8 – 14 will have fun learning creative and new [...]
The PERFECT Children’s Gift this Holiday Season
One of the best gifts you can give your child this Christmas season is the ability to manage their own money and it can be easy with The 4 Piggies Financial Kit for Kids. Based on the award winning children’s book “The 4 Little Pigs”, the kit will allow your child to easily budget their [...]
Spending Money on Scholastic Book Orders
My children love to look through the Scholastic Book Orders that they bring home from school. They are both avid readers and absolutely love new books. They never ask us to buy them a book but rather run to their rooms to add up how much money they have in their SPENDING piggy banks. They [...]
Mompreneur Magazine – Teaching Your Children about Money Management
Being a mom and an entrepreneur, I was excited when Mompreneur Magazine asked me to write an article for their Sept/Oct issue on Teaching Your Children about Money Management. It is a topic that I’m passionate about and I enjoyed writing the article to cover all age groups from young children right up through the [...]
We Need Your Vote!
We are excited to announce that we’ve been nominated for the Savvy Mom Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Winning the award would mean a $22,000 prize that would be used to expand and promote our business – Four Piggies Publishing - and give us the ability to produce more books and create more products to help [...]