This year, “Take our sons and daughters to work day” has a little different scenery. If you find yourself working from home, you can still do activities with your kids to connect with them about your career.

Looking for activity ideas and/or have a kid who may be interested in accounting? We’ve got you covered.

Morning Meeting
Talk to your child about what you do for your career. Next, walk them through a simple agenda of some activities you have planned for them.

Logo Coloring & Logo Design
Print the logo sheet and let your child color the MBK logo and design their own logo.

Color / Design the Logo:

If I Were Managing Partner
Give your child paper to set 3 rules that everyone would have to follow. Have them present their rules in a staff meeting.

Coffee / Hot Cocoa Break
Have your child prepare and/or serve beverages to the boss (aka, you!)

Resume Time
Have your child build their first resume by answering some basic questions about themselves.

MBK Kids: My First Resume

Office Renovation
Using Legos or any building blocks – have your child build a new office space.

Play Monopoly or The Game of Life
A simple way to teach your kids about money and the basics of accounting is to play money games.

Play “Store” or “Restaurant”
Bake cookies, bag and price them, and turn your kitchen into a store. You can use a toy cash register (or a simple calculator). Then record the earnings, expenses and profits. This will really give children a “taste” of accounting!

Morning Meeting
Talk to your child about what you do for your career. Next, walk them through a simple agenda of some activities you have planned for them.

Coffee, Stat
You can have them brew a pot and serve it to your “colleagues”. If they’re old enough to drive, send them out on a coffee run.

Resume Builder
Use a simple template for your child to work on their resume which will come in handy as they enter the workforce.

Community
Have your child work on your company’s current community service initiative. At MBK, we are finishing up our Rally Against Cancer initiative . Talk to them about it and give them an opportunity to rally up some last-minute donations for the cause.

Focus Group
Walk your teen through day one of a new customer’s experience. Ask them what they like or don’t like about it.

Create a Campaign
Use the template to create MBK’s next marketing campaign. Brainstorm and take it to the next level!

Research & Development
Have your teen research specific industries and how they could benefit most from accounting services.

Create a Family Budget
Keep it simple: Mortgage or rent, electricity, gas, phone, groceries and entertainment. Then, ask them to write up a budget of their own and include their income and expenditures for an allotted amount of time per week. This shows them the importance of tracking money and explains a common way that businesses and families handle finances.

Debits and Credits
Write a large “T” on a blank sheet of paper. On the top left, write “Income: Money In” and on the top right, write “Expenses: Money Out.” Have your kid record the amount of earned income in the left column, and the things they want to spend money on, in the right column. Subtract expenses from income to give your child a basic understanding of balancing income/expenses. They may not actually want to purchase the things they wrote down when they see how much it costs!

“Designed to be more than a career day, the Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work program goes beyond the average practice of “shadowing” an adult. Exposing girls and boys to what a parent or mentor in their lives does during the work day is important, but showing them the value of their education, helping them discover the power and possibilities associated with a balanced work and family life, providing them an opportunity to share how they envision the future, and allowing them to begin steps toward their end goals in a hands-on and interactive environment is key to their achieving success.” Read more about the organization behind the day.