Grocery games: tag, this is it!
Consider how old your kids are and fill their plates with as much as their age permits them. Divide the grocery list and let your kids find some of the items. If they do, have them cross off as your cart fills up. For their sake, stick to the list as much as possible. It’s an effective way of sticking to the budget and teaching them discipline by being a fine example.
Incorporate some maths in all the excitement by letting your kids keep track of the price list by using a calculator to know how close they are to the final cost.
That is not all of it.
* Ask them to, for instance, place oranges that weigh close to two pounds in a bag.
* Probability: ask them to guess how much apples weight (choose a number like 5), then weigh to establish how close they were.
* For more mature kids, have them work out the prices hypothetically and guess the total price. Compare this to the real thing.
* Become shopping detectives. Have them spy out certain items like a pineapple canned with its own juicy goodness or whole grain bread costing less than 3 dollars or better yet a cereal: 4 grams fiber and 7 grams of sugar per serving.
* Scout: try finding a new fruit like a papaya or dried cherries.
* Compare prices. Tell them to consider national brands to store ones and decide the one that is a money saver.
* Have them decide, between a large and smaller packing, which one offers a better value for your money.
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