Your kid keeps asking how to earn money. Little Earners turns that into real work — ideas broken into first steps, and small jobs from people you trust.
no card needed — or try three ideas first
The family job board
The people you choose — family, neighbors, friends — get a simple link, with no app to install. They post small jobs with honest prices, you approve each one, and your kid gets the news that there’s work waiting.
When a job is finished, the person who posted it gets a thank-you note back, and the goal chart ticks up. Anyone in the circle can also promise dollars toward the goal — Little Earners keeps the tally, and the money changes hands in person. We never move or hold a family’s money.
they need a link, not an app
Where this came from
We drove to the beach and hauled home twenty smooth rocks. He washed them and left them out overnight. Then he painted a picture on every single one — a fish, a ladybug, a butterfly — an hour or two a day, four days straight, and sold them to his aunts and grandparents for a dollar each.
The idea was the easy part. What he actually needed was someone to tell him what came next, and someone willing to be his first customer. That’s why Little Earners exists.
— Lily, homeschool mom of five
You spend about three minutes picking a mission together. Then the phone goes away, and the rest happens on the porch, in the kitchen, or around the neighborhood.
less screen time, more lemonade standsHow it works
The setup takes five minutes: what they love, what they’re saving for, and the rules you set. Then you invite a few people you trust — family, the neighbor you wave to, a friend from church. They get a simple link, not an app.
Idea cards arrive with first steps, a fair price, and a pitch to practice out loud. The grown-ups you invited post small jobs on the family board. You approve every card and every job before your kid sees it.
short enough to read together — even at fiveYour kid does the job and marks it done, the person who posted it gets a thank-you note back in your kid’s own words, and the chart climbs toward the thing they’re saving for. Nobody forgets the first thing they finished themselves.
Goals & milestones
Young kids don’t think in numbers — they think in pictures. So every job they finish and every thing they make fills a chart pointed at something they’ve been working toward.
Every time they get paid, they decide how much goes to save, spend and give.
the goal is the reward — no points, no badgesTry it now
here’s one we made for a dinosaur-loving six-year-old — yours will be different
written for your kid, not copied from a list
Want to keep these? Make a free account and they’re saved to your kid’s page — along with a goal chart that fills up as they finish jobs.
Create your free accountTakes a minute. No card needed.
Simple pricing
Starter is free and open right now — make an account and start today. Family isn’t on sale yet. Leave your email and you’ll get it for $39 instead of $49 when it opens.
We’ll email you the day Family opens. In the meantime, Starter is free — make an account and get started.
