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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;costello, post: 1841488, member: 42025&quot;]My five year old loves collecting right now, but it&#039;s not collecting like you or I do it.&nbsp;&nbsp; I almost killed his interest when he was four because I started in with 2x2s, labeling, whitman books, etc.&nbsp; He just wanted to play with the coins.&nbsp; To enjoy them he needed to be able to not just look but feel.</p><p><br /></p><p>He LOVES collecting world coins.&nbsp; Just this past week we spent an hour at the coin shop sifting through the 5 for a dollar bin.&nbsp; It was a great experience for the both of us and when he matures I&#039;m sure he&#039;ll get into collecting the more expensive stuff and not spend his collection on Pokemon cards.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m learning to not rush him.&nbsp; I&#039;ve pushed with reading and now it&#039;s a chore.&nbsp; I&#039;ve pushed with legos and he lost interest.&nbsp; It&#039;s not that I&#039;m demanding, I just would like to share what I love with him.&nbsp; He loves to cook because he sees me do it and I never force him to help.&nbsp; So I recommend you don&#039;t push the collection... it&#039;ll come when it comes.&nbsp; But take your kids to coin shows.&nbsp; We have a big one that comes twice a year and people give stuff to kids for free.&nbsp; Again, the world coins are a hit with my kid, plus collecting pocket change is fun too. </p><p><br /></p><p>A word on the shows.&nbsp; I&#039;ve learned to leave when my son&#039;s ready.&nbsp; I could stay there all day.&nbsp; I&#039;m lucky if I can look at the stuff I like for 5 minutes, but it&#039;s all good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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