After gathering the toys to sell we decided to sell them on craigslist. At this point, all three children were involved. They surrounded me at the computer as we wrote each ad, picture included. As soon as the last ad was published, Cole was ready for his new toy.
Ah ha, another place I would need to explain what we were doing. To my children once the toys were surrendered and the ad was placed they were ready to go and buy the new toy. So I needed to write the plan out for my son. Here is what we wrote:
- pick toys to sell
- sell toys
- get money
- count money (need $57.00)
- buy new rocket
I included get money and count money so that if a $2.00 toy sold first he would know that more toys needed to sell. Whenever he brought the rocket up, we reviewed the plan again. He held on to that paper and often looked at it. By the end, the paper was crumpled and soft.
Another thing I did was keep a running total on his chalk board.
$57
-10
$47
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