noah's business venture

Noah has been talking about earning money lately. Always asking if he can do little extra jobs around the house for pay. We don't pay our kids for their regular chores--we all live in the house, we all should take care of it. But, for extra jobs--beyond the call of duty we are quite happy to help them earn some cash.

Because his enthusiasm is high right now, I wanted to take this one step further. A small lesson in business if you will. Some time ago we made these cute strawberries together, just for fun. Later I ended up using them for simple math lessons in counting, adding, subtracting etc... great fun for your young ones. So, Noah will take out a loan from the Mom & Pop Bank (no interest of course ;) to buy supplies--he will assemble the little strawberries with eyes and mouthes (help from mom will be quite accessible) place them in our recycled egg cartons along with a paper of ideas on how to use them as we have--and help to package them up for shipping. After he starts to make some sales (hopefully!) he will pay back the Mom & Pop Bank the money he borrowed and the profit will be all his.

We're calling them "Math Berries", but of course they can be fun for other kinds of play too!

Here are the details:

Noah's Math Berries--$12.00 per dozen, idea paper included.
Shipping in the US-- $5.00
International shipping--email me for a quote. All sold!! Noah is wide-eyed with excitement!

If you would like to purchase a box, say so in the comments or email me at: peacefulhome at juno dot com and I will send you a PayPal invoice.

We'll start with offering 5 boxes and go from there. As excited as he is about this--I do think that he will eventually get his fill of gluing googly eyes!
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Thank you for your kind comments on my last post...I appreciate each one. I still have a few posts left in me before my break.

Oh! Check my Etsy shop soon for some ADORABLE vintage children's fabric I found! I'll be selling it by the yard because I found a huge uncut bundle!

Comments

[Bea]

How clever of you and Noah. I'm thinking experiences like these will turn him into a succesful salesman when he grows up...or not...depending on the outcome. But I'm sure the five he made will be sold out before he can spell "Strawberry" :-D

Be careful not to extract 5-1=4 in there...it has confused a lot of children in my school when using things in subtraction when you place the things to subtract behind the minussign instead of just taking one thing away and then writing what you have done in numbers. (I know...my english lacks HUGE when trying to explain mathematics. Hmmm...)

Bea - dizzy

[erin]

they are super cute, toni! well done, noah!

[amy]

love it!!

[amy]

love it!!

[Kristy]

Such a sweet idea Toni.I hope Noah makes his millions!

[Celene]

Must have math berries!!!!!Love love love them...let me know how many sets I might be allowed to buy!!! You are a terrific creative Mom!

[Kristin]

These are just lovely and I totally support teaching kids about business sense and the value of a dollar early :)

[amy lowrey]

what a great idea and the strawberries are so cute!

[emily]

yeah!! i love your follow through. they look absolutely adorable! what will noah do with his profit? new golf clubs? a few tee's? love em

[Suzanne]

Wow!!! Beatiful banner! Lovely!

[~Vicki]

Ginger is at my side here "blog hopping" with me this morning, (recovering from flu) and is getting such a kick out of seeing these! She's made a bunch of characters and creatures with wiggly eyes for fun, and thinks Noah's strawberries are fantastic!

[periwinkle]

That is a great idea, good luck with the money making..
Lisa x

[Caminin]

oooooooooh! they are already gone! I should check your blogs more often. Your kid really got talent (do you think it is genetic?)

[Mary Smith]

That is such great hands-on Math. Take it from a teacher!