Three Cups – Tony Townsley & Mark St. Germain

What a special, special book.  Perfect for starting your children down the road to Financial Management – this story details how a little boy got three cups for his birthday and was taught to allocate his weekly allowance into a savings cup, giving cup and spending cup.  Week by week he allocates his money appropriately and then his lessons begin: 

-          Lesson 1 (saving) -  he gets taught to save his money and goes to visit the bank with his mother. 

-          Lesson 2 (spending) – deciding what he can do with his money and spending it at a store

-          Lesson 3 (giving) – deciding on a need to fulfill in his community and visiting the grocery store to carry this out.

As some of my children are of the same sort of age group – I think this is the perfect way to start teaching them about money management in a way that is exciting for them and builds life long tools for them to use and (as the book finishes) to teach their own children one day.  Simply excellent!

The illustrations were well done – especially loved the illustration when the boy opened his Birthday present and realized that there were three cups in the box that came out of the his kitchen cupboard.  The artist captured the moment perfectly – lovely.

A handy parents guide to getting your children started with their own three cups is included in the back of the book. 

Highly recommend this one for children.

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