Missy and Mike Muzjakovich of Kingsley, Michigan

have been using Kids Coins since June of 2004.

December 2005

Jacob is now 7, Joey is 6, Madison is 4 and Jimmy is 3 Madison picks up The I'm Feeling Coins and talks about them and even plays school with them and tells her "students" what each one represents. It's pretty cute and neat to hear her comprehension of each emotion. Kids Coins helped keep her focused on what "tasks" would be accomplished that particular day (as sometimes they would change which she would be aware of because of the chart).  She was able to look at the picture coins and know that she needed to make her bed, etc in order to get her Gold Coins and at the end of the day would be evaluated on her efforts.  It really helped her to focus and helped me to minimize my control of her responsibilities because she was then able to take control herself.  Once again, thank you for caring about children- your efforts in this area are much appreciated!

June, 2004

I just wanted to take a minute this morning to thank you for putting Kids Coins in our hands! From the time we got the music CD and popped it into the car the kids thought it was fun music so I continued to play it whenever we drove into town. Not long after, I began to hear Maddie singing the songs to her babies and then Jacob and Joey were singing along in the card as well. Jimmy (who is only 18 months old) would kick his feet in his car seat and clap his hands so I knew this was something that was catching on. Once we got onto the computer and checked out the Kids Coins website we were just as excited! The coloring page is perfect for Maddie and the boys play the memory game together.

I recently put the display in Maddie's room behind her door and chose a few of the coins that I thought she could easily master and a few that we needed to work on with her (such as nap time) and explained how we were going to use it with her. She has loved knowing that it was her chart and her "duties" and nap time has not been a battle because she knows she is obeying and earning a gold coin when her afternoon activities are accomplished (nap time included!!)

I just had to let you know that I am excited to use this program with my 4 kids (and I'm using it differently for each child) and that being a child development major and former kindergarten teacher I pray your idea gets in the right hands because it could be a real blessing to many families and organizations that utilize it!                           Thanks again!    Missy and Mike Muzjakovich Kingsley, MI
                                                   (and Jacob, Joey, Madison and Jimmy, too!!!)

I just wanted to tell you what a great tool you've created! I have four children under the age of five who just adore Kids Coins! They look forward every morning to see what I've planned out for their day. Even though they can't read yet, by looking at the descriptive and creative pictures, they know exactly what they have to do in order to earn their first gold coin of the day. Kids Coins has helped us give structure to our day and a consistent routine that all kids need and thrive on. It has also set up a standard of expectations of what will happen when they chose not to do their tasks, and gives positive reinforcement to see that they follow through.

The I'm Playing coins have led to creative play and the I'm Feeling coins have helped my son with some learning disabilities put a label on his feelings without the acting out behavior he would have otherwise used. All of them LOVE the music that goes with Kids Coins and ask to play it over and over again.

As a special education teacher and adoptive mom of five young children-

(soon to be seven!) THANK YOU!          Sincerely,   Kim Green-Brighton, MI

 

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