On Wednesdays, we hope to write about “giving to others” as part of our Happiness Project.

We love the Learning Cents Trio Bank ($20) !  It has three attached banks for (1) spending; (2) saving and (3) giving.  It is a great resource for helping your child learn about all three ways to allocate his or her money.  The saving bank opens from the bottom and is a little harder to access, illustrating that it is not to be as freely accessed. 

Whether you give an allowance or you use the banks to help your child allocate birthday or holiday money, these banks are great learning tools.  It also comes with dry erase markers so you can help your child track the amount in the banks. 

With the economic times as they are, this is a great gift to help children learn to manage money early. It’s also never too early to illustrate that, when possible, giving to others should be part of the equation (we recently used some of my son’s “giving” money to buy dog supplies for the local animal shelter).

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