Here are some top tips to help encourage your child to save money.

• Choose a piggy bank together
• Plan goals
• Match savings
• Reward charts
• Make it a family event

Choose a piggy bank together

The first step to teaching your child to save money is buying a piggy bank or savings tin. There are plenty of tins and banks in shops aimed at young children with their favourite cartoon characters on them. Let your little one choose their own tin and explain it’s for saving all of their coins for a special reason.

Plan goals

Having something to save up for can help encourage little ones to bank their pocket money. Whether you plan a special trip out with your child or a toy they are desperate for, cut out a picture of the goal you’ve agreed and stick it above the saving tin.

Match savings

A good incentive to convince your children to save is match saving. Agree that for every pound or five pound they reach, you’ll match it. This concept might be a little confusing for small children but getting double their coins when they reach a milestone won’t be too hard to understand!

Reward charts

Creating a reward chart is a great visual aid to help children reach a goal. For every pound or five pound the reach, let your little ones add to the reward chart.

Here is why to use a reward chart and a good example of a reward chart you can try at home.

Make it a family event

Buy a piggy bank or saving tin for the whole family. By making a fuss of each family member as they add another coin to their tin, little ones will be excited to participate and keep up with older brothers and sisters.

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