Ages 4+ · Money · Saving and budgets
Waiting for what you want
🌱seed🍞bread baking🫙jar filling⛵the boat
Good things take time.The big ideaSome good things take waiting. Saving coins helps us wait for them.
How it works
Some good things take waiting.
A seed takes a long time to grow, and a jar fills one coin at a time.
Saving coins helps us wait for what we want.
Example 1: A seed
- Pip plants a seed and waters it.
- Nothing happens, not even after a whole day.
- Then a sprout pops up, and later a flower opens.
Example 2: The boat
- Pip sees a little blue boat that costs many coins.
- Each day a coin goes into the jar, and Pip says not today to a sweet.
- At last the jar is full, and the boat is Pip's.
🫙jar⏳waiting⛵boat
Waiting for the boat.Example 3: Waiting is hard
- Pip's tummy wiggles while waiting.
- That is okay, because waiting is sometimes hard.
- The boat was so worth it.
Words to know
- wait
- To stay patient until something is ready.
- patient
- Calm while we wait.
- seed
- A tiny thing that grows into a plant.
Watch out
- Waiting is sometimes hard, and that is okay.
- Spending the coin at once does not help Pip save for the boat.
- Pip still enjoys a sweet sometimes, and that is okay too.
Try it
- Does a seed grow right away?
- Does a hug take waiting?
- What did Pip save for?
- Is waiting sometimes hard?
Answers: 1. no · 2. no · 3. a little blue boat · 4. yes
Try at homeWith a grown-up, plant a seed in a pot. Water it, wait together and watch it grow.
For grown-upsPlant a seed in a pot together and water it each day, so your child can feel what it is like to wait for something good.