This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Andrea for winning.We all know that it is important to teach kids about money otherwise they grow up thinking there is an endless supply and it has no value.
I'm sure many of us grew up hearing the words "money doesn't grow on trees" but my kids have an added problem... they think money is a little plastic bank card that mom and dad carry around with them. Olivia has a hard time even recognizing the different coins and bills half time because she so rarely sees them. We simply don't carry cash around that often!
When it comes to money our goal with the kids has always been to help them learn to be responsible with it. The trick has been HOW to teach that. Learning Money with Leo has been an excellent tool to help us begin to teach Olivia about money.
About Learning Money with Leo:
Learning Money with Leo has been put together with the input of early childhood education experts and parents, and is designed to:
– Provide kids with an introduction to the concepts and value of money
– Provide kids with an introduction to the concepts and value of money
– Teach kids about earning, saving and spending money
– Help kids develop a foundation of basic money skills that they can build upon in the years to come
Learning Money with Leo features a variety of kid-friendly and interactive games (Match It game, Gather The Coins and Spot The Differences) to teach your children everything from earning, to saving, to spending money. As your child plays each game they’re able to earn coins, which can be used to buy stickers for their very own virtual sticker book.
The application is available for free from iTunes in both English and French.
You can find out more tips on teaching your kids about money at https://www.rbcadvicecentre.com and http://www.rbcroyalbank.com/learning-money-with-leo/index.html
Olivia has loved playing Learning Money with Leo. She needs no encouragement from us to use the app- she chooses it all on her own. The app has a bunch of different games she can play and most of them she can do without any help.
Olivia has loved playing Learning Money with Leo. She needs no encouragement from us to use the app- she chooses it all on her own. The app has a bunch of different games she can play and most of them she can do without any help.
She did need some help reading some of the words occasionally though.
Learning Money with Leo is remarkably kid-friendly and we didn't find any "bugs" or "glitches" which was really nice considering it is a free app!
Olivia loves Learning Money with Leo and I'm sure your kiddo will too!
ENTER to win a RBC VISA gift card valued at $50!
Here are the giveaway details:
Here are the giveaway details:
Leave a comment telling me how you teach your kids how to understand and responsibly use money!
For Extra Entries:
- follow me on twitter (@tarasview) and tweet about this giveaway using the hashtag #MoneywithLeo - leave a link to your tweet in a comment below
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This contest will end on April 10th, 2012 and is open to Canadian residents only.
Disclosure – I am participating in the RBC Learning Money With Leo program by Mom Central Canada on behalf of RBC Royal Bank. I received compensation as a thank you for participating and for sharing my honest opinion. The opinions on this blog are my own.
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