10 Activities to do with your Kids this Holiday Season
The holidays— full of magic, wonder, traditions, and more. For many families, especially those with young children, the holidays also involve presents, presents and more presents. (Seriously, so many presents).
My husband and I, like many of our friends with kiddos, are working to raise our little one to be mindful about money, spending, giving and investing. Through all the hustle and bustle, we find this time of year is packed with opportunities to create teachable moments with our son.
In this episode I’m sharing 10 of my favorite things you can do this season as a family to help raise financially responsible kids.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Discuss wants vs. needs (3:10)
- Practice one in, one out (5:35)
- Set gifts aside for later (7:29)
- Give an experience (8:52)
- Make gifts (10:25)
- Give together (12:48)
- Pick a charity to support together (13:48)
- Invest together (17:47)
- Watch The Ultimate Gift (22:51)
- Start a tradition of gratitude (24:28)
- Write thank you notes (25:25)
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Hi Ellie! I wanted to tell you that I’ve listened to two of your podcasts, and I really enjoy them, so far, and I found them helpful. I wanted to share two things I thought of while listening to this podcast about activities with kids around holidays. My boys are 5 and 8.
We have set aside gifts for later. One way I try to share the joy of the gift with the giver is to take a video or photo of my kid using the gift, if I remember. I find that this photo or video is even more meaningful than the thank you note and it makes up for the instant gratification they might have had from seen the kid playing with the gift right away.
Also, this Ramadan and Eid, I found a good book, called “Jariya Jar” and white tin money collection device on Amazon to teach my kids about the Muslim concept of “continuous charity” or sadaqa jariya. The kids enjoyed putting stickers on the their individuals tins and decorating their boxes with sharpies. Over the month or Ramadan, they collected our loose change, and after Eid, they donated the money to immigrant families who have been separated at the border.