Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, & Pennies
Aiyana and I just got finished playing a game that focused on counting, although she didn’t know that was what we were doing. She just thought we were having fun. It’s our fun learning aka homeschooling. How did we play this game? I rounded up a few of the cool items in our home. You know the ones that are off limits to her? I gave them each a price. To “purchase” these items she had to give me a set amount of nickels, dimes, quarters, and pennies. For example for mommy’s Jade statue she had to pay me five quarters, 3 dimes, 2 nickels, and 5 pennies. That’s not a bad deal especially since I paid a few hundred dollars for it. 
She had a blast, and we played this game for about two hours. Homeschooling can be a lot of fun. I try to make it that way. We stopped only because mommy had an article to complete with my freelance writing gig, but I promised her we would play it tomorrow.
I rarely carry cash with me. I use my check card but I did tell her at the beginning of the year she can start paying for the items I purchase. She’s really excited about that something about handing the cashier the products that we purchase excites her. I imagine it makes her feel just like mommy. She’s thrilled that she will be able to do a big job like handing out cash. Sighs, guess I’ll have to go to the ATM to actually get some cash.
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