Your Life Counts for Kids 2008 Session
Posted 12/01/2008 - 14:00 by admin (not verified)
“I have had the privilege of teaching Your Life Counts for Kids this past fall [2008] to 2nd-5th graders. Five other volunteers and I taught the values of handling time, talent and treasure God's way to 14 very entertaining children. After ten weeks, I asked the kids to write down a few things they had learned in the class. Here are their answers, copied exactly from their papers. I hope you enjoy their answers as well as I did.” - Karen Schubert (Thank you to my other volunteers: John Brooks, John Eberlin, Cindy Grieve, Yolanda Jefferson, & Ronny Peery) What did I learn in this class? "I learned in this class to not to spend all your money on junk." - Adam "I learned how to save." - Tyler "That I have to yous my mony wise. Be careful." - Amanda "we should be a light. 'Ye is the light of the world.'" - Ciera "I learn abot not waasting money." - Jalen "Money can take us away from god and closer to selfishness." - T.J. "I have learned that the more you have in the bank the more interest you get." - Joshua "Vurses, good prices, and how to make friends!" - Julia "That I need to be wise about my money." - Katie "About saving maney to buy the things your really need." - Anna What did I like best about this class? "Puting money in the bank. buying stuff from the store." - Amanda "I liked best about was the snack." - Adam "Prayer request because that was a way to remind I didnt have problems" - T.J. "Learning my personality. 'Everything in the heavens and earth is yours O Lord and this is your Kingdom.'" - Ciera "Saying the verses." - Tyler "The sankc [snack]." - Jalen "What I liked the best about this was it was really fun and we also learned a lot." - Joshua "I liked eating and being with friend that I trust!" - Julia "My great teacher and I learend things about money that I didn't know." - Katie "Need or want it has really helped me make wise desicions." - Anna How have I practiced at home or in the store the things that I have learned in YLC4K? "I wanted a toy at target and then I thought that did'nt need it." - Anna “The things that I rember when I was trying to by something from the store was I had to see how much it cost." - Adam "I thought about the memory verses at home." - Tyler "I have learned to use my money wisely. I leared that the money we have is God's money." - Amanda "To be like Jesus." - Ciera "I have practiced my vers." - Jalen "Using my allowance wisely." - T.J. "In the store I have made money and saved a lot. I have the most money in the class. Woo-hoo." -Joshua "I have practiced saying vurses!" - Julia "Put money in the bank, served people and not Be tempted wile wacthing t.v. comersals." - Katie From the parents: “I have seen a big difference in my children. They both have thought about coupons and more about the prices of things. The biggest thing I've seen with one child is Ciera has done more saving and less spending. She wants to have goals, unlike before. Hunter has thought about coupons and making good choices.” - Cindy (Hunter and Ciera's mom) “Even though I had to stop attending my adult class, I still learned all the verses through him.” -Jalen's mom “Because of him, my husband and I will sign up to take the adult class next time it's offered.” - Joshua's mom Memorable moments from the class A few things stand out for me, as we went through this ten-week journey. I saw kids struggle with the concept of delayed gratification and discover the joy of giving. I saw light bulbs go off in their heads when we talked about sales, coupons and calculating the price per unit. Some incidents were amusing, some were amazing. Two little boys each offered to buy their mothers some hand lotion from our class store, because they thought “she would like it”. One little girl bought her brother his birthday present from the store. One girl had a friend that was visiting and didn't have any money with which to buy things, but wanted two items from the store. “You can have ONE, but THAT'S IT!” she said, putting her foot down and setting her limit. I saw tears as one little girl realized that she couldn't buy something she really wanted from the store because she didn't have enough credit. A hard lesson was learned, but a good one. We all laughed as we tried to remember disciples' names from Bible stories we read, and came up with “Tyrell” and “Shaniqua”. A defining moment came when one little boy handed me a $20 bill right in the middle of class. I'm ashamed to say that the first thing I did was check to see if it was real. “It's for the ministry,” he said. I pocketed the money and went on with my lesson. After class, another volunteer came up and handed me $11. “He said it was for the ministry,” she said, pointing to the same little boy. He gave $31 of his birthday money to our class. His parents were amazed, but pleased. “We knew about the eleven dollars, but not the twenty. If that's what he wants to do with it, then that's fine,” his mother said proudly.
