How I get money for stuff I want

by Eliza

Every summer I see an awesome toy I want or some classes I want to take. I don’t always have the money to buy the toy or take the classes I want. I am going to show you how I earn money. First I make a chart of jobs and responsibilities I will do each day and have my mom and dad tell me what they will pay me for the jobs.  Then I hang up my chart. Then I work on all of the jobs until I finish. The chart has the days of the week and the jobs I have to do every day. It also has bonus jobs. A bonus job is an extra job that aren’t on my chart (like vacuum the stairs or sweep the floor or fold the laundry).  It’s good to do some bonus jobs to make up for if I missed something on my regular chart.    

When I accomplish the goals on my chart, I get money and put it in the family bank.  Then when I want to spend the money, I take it out of the bank and spend it on the toy or the class I want.

I like it because if I earn my own money, the toy or the class is more special to me.