Sorry for the poorly written post, but I think those of you with young kids and grandkids will appreciate this story.
Several months ago I taught my daughter, who is about to turn two, the word "coin" when she found a penny on the laundry room floor. Fast forward a couple of months, and she started getting interested in the little hardware drawers that I keep some coins in (you know, the little clear ones that people often use for spare screws or small craft supplies?). It sits on the floor next to the table with my other coin stuff in the basement, so it is easy to access for her. The stuff I keep in there is all common like
Kennedy halves,
SBA and
Ike dollars, common junk silver, some random nickels, and some modern Canadian stuff.
One night before her bedtime we were in the basement, and I let her play around with the coins, dumping them out on the floor and putting them back in different drawers and "sorting" them. I think she really likes the sound of silver. Anyway, I decided to show her that they were more than just round pieces of metal and had "pictures" on them. She loves birds, so I decided to point out the bird an
SBA dollar since that's what she had dumped on the floor at the time. I wasn't sure if she could see the detailed bird design on a coin that small, since she didn't really have a reference of what to look for, so I gave her and Ike to show her since it had the same design. It clicked, and she got really excited saying, "Bird right there!" and I turned the coin over, and she said, "Guy right there." She then proceeded to flip the coin over and over saying, "Guy right there, bird right there!" Once she knew what she knew what to look for, I was able to show her the birds on many of the other coins, including the
SBA dollars, and the bear on the toonies.
We'll see how long the interest lasts.
Posted 09/28/2018 1:05 pm
