Money is the fruit we are able to offer back to God and the most significant in our cultural context because money is our standard for all types of exchange. The OCA Department of Stewardship pamphlet Giving Children the Opportunity to Give recommends a five-step approach to teaching children an Orthodox attitude toward money and financially supporting the Church. Let your children see you give and let them give. The first thing parents can do is make sure their children see them putting their envelope in the offering basket every time it is passed around. Children are copy-cats and will want to do the same.
Toddlers can hold the family s envelope and place it in the basket.
Teach your children about sharing. As this second realization hits, you re able to teach children about respecting others property and why we take care of things , and you can teach them how to share. He shares with us, and we should be ready to share, too. Encourage children to share any gifts of money they get for birthdays, namesdays, the Nativity, or Pascha to thank God for the gift they received from a family member by giving some of it back to Him at Church. Teach them to give part of the money they earn themselves.