Kindergarten and Money

I posed the following question to a room full of Kindergarten kids today...
"Why would someone want a bank account?' - Now, I ask this not because I want to be a smart Alec, I ask because I wonder first off, who has enough money for a bank account.  Secondly, I am curious to know if these young whipper snappers know the so-called benefits of having one.  I learned the following...

"People want bank accounts because banks have security cameras and robbers don’t' want their picture taken so they stay away from the banks."

This was interesting to me.  Clearly I need to ease these 5 year olds into the fact that most bank robbers aren't deterred from robbing the bank because of this.  They have figured out how to slap on a ski mask or pantyhose (The good Lord only knows why you would wear a pair of granny panties on your head and parade through the bank) to disguise themselves.

Someone else said that it is because the bank "Gives" you money to keep your money in "that place" - I assume she meant "the bank" by saying "that place", but who knows.  Maybe she was referring to the drawer at the teller stand. - Upon further inquiry I learned that the sister of one student "gave" the bank (deposited) 5 dollars.  When she went back to get it the next day they "gave her 100 dollars".  Now that is a blue chip like none I have ever heard of.  I asked if the student knew the name of the bank.  Rats’ knees!  She didn't remember.

As minutes tick by with one story after another I was most taken by the following information that was held as the gospel truth by the students in my class today...

1. "There are no banks in Africa." - Really?
2. "In Africa there is no way to get money."
3. You can just go to the machine in the wall and get money anytime you need it because a student's mom does it all the time!

Kindergarten and money- I am always learning.