Simply Jaimie

I found this really fun idea on pinterest for teaching the girls about budgeting in a really fun way.  here is the post I followed her plan pretty much exactly.  I put the careers in an envelope (with the money already cut) and laid them out on the table for the girls to pick. They had no idea what the different careers were and it was fun to see their reactions. I didn't need all the careers so took away the McDonald's cashier one.  I then explained that we would be going down the categories and budgeting out the things we want. It was fun to see what they wanted and then realizing what their budget allowed. My girls did not appreciate the taxes budget. It was cute to see how upset they were about putting twenty percent into their envelopes.  We started with their money on the table and as they made their choices that money went into their envelopes. This made it easier to see how much money they had for the upcoming categories.  It was fun...

I was just called to be an activity days leader for the 10-11 year olds!  I am so excited and can't wait to share with you all the fun things we do.  I am currently working on making an activity day binder. Here is the binder cover! simply right click and save as or click here for the pdf version   remember to hit fit to page when you are ready to print. There may be a small white boarder but you can simply cut it off will link to other pages when I get them done and finally do a big post once it is finished