Ishaan loves coins and money. The moment he sees any coin or money, his eyes glow and he has a wide smile ! Not sure why - may be because we started giving them coins for getting them to follow the routine during crazy morning hours...
Earlier, if we gave him coins, he only cared about the number of coins.. not the value. So, if we gave him 10 pennies, he would be happy. But instead if we gave him 2 nickles, he would be upset that he only got 2 coins. But now, he understands that 2 nickles is 5+5=10 cents. Kid is getting smarter..
We used this fascination to get him to like hiking. Last year, he wouldn't want to walk at all when we went for hiking. But then recently, we started throwing pennies every 5 minutes or so on the trail and help him find them to keep him going. He thinks that God throws them for him and looks forward to hiking. Even at the Spring Program at his school, he announced "Hi ! My name is Ishaan and I like to go hiking." :)
I also offered him 10 cents if he slept in his own bed the whole night. It worked for couple of days mostly because he was so tired that he didn't wake up at night. But the 3rd night, he came to sleep with me in the middle of night and while he was settling down, he asked "Mommy, will you still give me 10 cents in the morning?" :)
Good or not, bribing him with few cents to get something done is working like a charm right now. If we forget to give him coins that we promised for certain thing, he remembers and doesn't let it go till we actually give it to him. He goes and put them in his piggy bank.
We have recently introduced the concept of putting money in a real bank where you can earn interest to him and Kavya. He is very fascinated by that since we told them that we will match whatever money/savings they put in the bank account :)
Earlier, if we gave him coins, he only cared about the number of coins.. not the value. So, if we gave him 10 pennies, he would be happy. But instead if we gave him 2 nickles, he would be upset that he only got 2 coins. But now, he understands that 2 nickles is 5+5=10 cents. Kid is getting smarter..
We used this fascination to get him to like hiking. Last year, he wouldn't want to walk at all when we went for hiking. But then recently, we started throwing pennies every 5 minutes or so on the trail and help him find them to keep him going. He thinks that God throws them for him and looks forward to hiking. Even at the Spring Program at his school, he announced "Hi ! My name is Ishaan and I like to go hiking." :)
I also offered him 10 cents if he slept in his own bed the whole night. It worked for couple of days mostly because he was so tired that he didn't wake up at night. But the 3rd night, he came to sleep with me in the middle of night and while he was settling down, he asked "Mommy, will you still give me 10 cents in the morning?" :)
Good or not, bribing him with few cents to get something done is working like a charm right now. If we forget to give him coins that we promised for certain thing, he remembers and doesn't let it go till we actually give it to him. He goes and put them in his piggy bank.
We have recently introduced the concept of putting money in a real bank where you can earn interest to him and Kavya. He is very fascinated by that since we told them that we will match whatever money/savings they put in the bank account :)
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