Many families put in a small coin, so one family with a big worry gets help.
Pinewick is a made-up village of six families. A worry is something that might go wrong one day, like a storm that cracks a roof.
A roof costs a lot to mend, and one family alone would find that hard. So each family puts one coin in a pot.
Six small coins add up. When Tam's roof cracks, the pot pays the roof mender, so nobody pays a big cost alone.
If no roof cracks, the coins wait in the pot. This sharing plan has a name: insurance.
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
8 coins. One coin from each of 8 families makes 8 coins.
4 coins. 6 ā 2 = 4.
No. Sweets are a treat, so a family pays for it, not the pot.
They wait for next time. Coins do not vanish. The pot keeps them ready.
Ask a grown-up to tell you about a time something at home was fixed, and who helped to pay or to do the work.
Ask your child to tell the Pinewick story back to you. You might talk about a time something at home was fixed, and who helped to pay or to do the work.
