Money Savvy Pig - Green

These banks are just what I was looking for. I gave my twins each one on their 5th birthday along with a wallet and a small bag of change. They get a little bag of change every 2 weeks (5 dollars each) which they disperse into the different areas. I treat the savings area like a high interest bank account and we have a contest on the first of each month where I count the money in the head and the child who earns the most interest wins a dollar coin for the invest section. On the non allowance weeks I count out the spend section and make it into dollar bills for their wallets. I keep their wallets in my purse and when they beg for something at the store I hand them their wallet and you can see instantly they are thinking about whether they want it bad enough to use their own money. The charity section will be matched by me and be used at Christmas time on a project that I hope will make them realize how important it is to help others. The invest part will allow them to buy "treasure". Silver coins - they just have to come up with the spot price. My son has his eye on a half oz shark coin. When they are older (and getting a bigger allowance) I will use this part to teach them about index funds. Awesome product. The kids love it and they know more about money then I did at twice their age. They are also taking better care of their toys because they've purchased several of them and they understand the value of them now.

My grandson loves this pig. He uses it all the time. Great for teaching how to manage money.

These are soo cute. I love giving these to clients when they have babies as a gift.

This is a great tool to use to teach your children how to begin saving and spending money. This is not meant to be a toy so keep it in a special place to be used when needed.

We love this bank ! We have it in nearly every color. It illustrates all of the financial principles that we as parents practice, but may have a difficult time trying to explain to our kids. This bank concept is basic, simple, easy to comprehend on their own level, and put into practice. We see this as an excellent learning tool for our kids and have purchased it as gifts for our children's friends. Our kids love to spend money, but need to learn the importance of saving, investing, and donating too. This item contains everything that we were looking for. Our only problem now, is our kids are a little too smart. They know how to put the money in, but they also know how to easily take it out too. Unfortunately, it's too easy for them to take it out. We still hold out on hope that they will eventually learn the value of saving, donating and investing when they realize that the "bank of mom and dad" has closed. It's tough love, but it's time for them to learn now how to wisely save and spend so they will have it mastered before they go off on their own as young adults to school.

The perfect bank to teach my 4 year old grandkids the value of a dollar. They love that they have optional slots and look for ways to earn a quarter to add it to their banks. A five star purchase in my opinion.

I ordered two of these for my daughters (3 & 5) to start teaching a financial stewardship foundation. I love that each individual slot is separated so they truly see how much they have per category. It came with stickers so they can decide what icon the want per category. They are slightly smaller than expected- I should have looked at dimensioned, so you will not be able to fit a lot of money in the spread out compartments. For younger children this is fine but for older children you might need a plan of what to do once it fills up. You can add bills to it but you will want to fold them multiple times so they easily slip out the bottom.

My grandson sorts his weekly allowance into this pig and I love that he is learning to save, donate, invest and being reasonable in his spending. My grandson is 6 years old and I gave his this for Christmas -- He is learning to count money, and has already donated his "donate" to Hurricane Sandy victims - and feels great about helping out. The only reason I give it a 3 star is that the twisty plugs at the bottom of the pig are hard to put in and stay in. I put tape on the 3 non-spend ones because they come off less often, but the twisty plugs don't stay put over time and fall out. The other reason is that it's hard to get dollar bills out - great for coins.