Piggy Banks

John decided today that he wanted to count the money in his piggy bank. He had an enrichment class at school where they learned about money. So he is pretty good with counting. He emptied his entire piggy bank and pulled out all the quarters. We piled them in piles of four and counted. He had $12 in quarters. He also counted all his pennies and nickels. I don't remember his total, but he said to me "I'm rich!" 

Later he convinced Gillian to empty her piggy bank too. She got frustrated. And threatened to kick over all his little piles of coins. I had to separate them. And she ended up putting all her money back in her piggy bank. Maybe she just didn't want to know how much she has!

Money

At the bus stop this morning, I asked John about school. He said "We learned about money! We had a special class. Where we got to count money." I asked him, "What's the smallest coin?" He grinned and said "The dime. It's silver!" I'm impressed, so I asked "How much is a dime?" He said "10 cents. And it takes 10 to make a dollar!" I asked "What's the next biggest coin?" He said "Like size? Cause the penny is the next biggest. But it's only one cent. You need 100 of them to make a dollar!" He also told me about nickels and quarters. I said "I like quarters. Their the best!" He said "Um, yea! Because you only need four to make a dollar. Pennies are the worst." 

At dinner tonight, Daddy asked John "Have you heard about a fifty cent piece?" John looked at me and said "Is that real?" I explained that they don't make them anymore. Then Daddy asked "Do you know about the gold dollar coin?" John again was skeptical. But I nodded. And Daddy said "Do you know they call it the Sacagawea?" John said "Well we didn't have any of them!"