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Ages 7+ · Money · Giving and values
Gifts of time
🍂raking leaves📖reading a story💌a hand-made card🚶a visit
Gifts of time cost no coins.
The big ideaTime is a gift too. A visit, a story or a card costs no coins.

How it works

It is Gran's birthday, and Leo's coin jar is empty. His mom says a present does not have to cost coins, because he has time to give.

A gift of time means spending your time on someone: raking leaves, reading a story, making a card, paying a visit or helping with the chores.

A gift from a shop costs coins. A gift of time costs time and care.

Gifts of time and gifts of coins are both lovely. On that day, Leo gave time.

Fold the paperin halfDraw the gardenon the frontWrite a messageinsideGive it to Gran
How Leo makes the card.
A gift of time• A visit• A story• Raking leaves• A hand-made cardA gift that costs coins• A toy bear from a shop• A box of sweets• Flowers from a flower shop• A card bought in a shop
Time or coins?

Example 1: Leo's four gifts

  1. Leo gives a visit, a story, help with the chores and a hand-made card.
  2. Count them: 1, 2, 3, 4.
  3. That is 4 gifts of time, and not one cost a coin.

Example 2: Making the card

  1. Fold a piece of paper in half.
  2. Draw Gran's garden on the front.
  3. Write a message inside.
  4. A card made by hand has a little bit of the giver in it.

Example 3: Time or coins?

  1. Raking a neighbor's leaves is time.
  2. Flowers from a flower shop cost coins.
  3. Teaching a friend a trick is time.
  4. A box of sweets from a shop costs coins.

Words to know

gift of time
Spending your time on someone, instead of coins.
hand-made
Made by your own hands.
chores
Small jobs at home.
visit
Going to spend time with someone.

Watch out

Try it

  1. Leo's jar is empty. Can he still give Gran a gift?
  2. Are flowers from a flower shop a gift of time or a gift that costs coins?
  3. Is reading a story to Gran a gift of time?
  4. Put the card in order: write, fold, draw.
Answers: 1. Yes, a gift of time · 2. A gift that costs coins · 3. Yes · 4. Fold, draw, write
Try at homeWith a grown-up, pick a gift of time for someone, then give it.
For grown-upsPick a gift of time together for someone, like a card or a visit, and then give it.
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