OT: Introducing Baseball Collecting

[Piratedogcardshows]

I take my son to card shows with me and give him some card money.He usually buys non-sports cards with it but has picked up 2 raw T206's.He seemed to really like the art of the deal.I also let him open all my packages and tell him a few things about each card.Its an ongoing process.

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by TheT206Fiend

I also let him open all my packages and tell him a few things about each card.Its an ongoing process.

My oldest boy won't have anything to do with the cards, but my 3 year old daughter loves helping me open cards, and then inspecting them. It's kinda cute, 'til she tries to run away with 'em.. Then I get a little nervous.. My 7 year old son only takes interest when I get something Indians related.. He really doesn't get baseball yet(he's a little slower, seriously), but knows he loves the Indians. Same with the Browns and Cavs..

[MacDice]

Every year since my son has been born he gets a factory sealed Topps set for Christmas. Up until this year he had no interst this year was different. Every night he wants to look at his baseball cards and throws a fit if we don't. We sit at the table and read off each players name. Trust me it takes a long time to read 660 cards to a 4 year old but it is great. Favorite player by far is Billy Butler cause his name is also Billy.

[campyfan39]

My sons get all of my "off" condition cards. I even let them put some in screw cases and some in a frame case that i have hung on each of their walls.
I think as they age it is also good to get them to call out numbers when you are sorting sets etc.
Good luck!

[Jason Carota]

My daughter, who turns four in March, is quite the little collector. She has a binder full of pages containing Red Sox and Bruins cards. Her favorite players are Jon Lester (Sox) and Andrew Ference (Bruins.) I introduced her to cards early on, including handling raw T206's. I figured this way she would learn to respect them. So far, so good.

Two weekends ago I brought her to her first card show (Woburn, MA.) She had a great time picking out some new cards for her collection. She couldn't wait to get home to place them in her binder.

[Big Six]

my daughters have varying interest in my hobby...depending on the day, they are either thrilled or quietly tolerant of coming to a show with me...in many cases, if a player is there, they get excited for a photo op...here's a few including yesterday with the Goose in White Plains...the little "tags" on some of the pictures were from a Show & Tell project...any way, it's really neat exposing the next generation to our hobby. Even if they don't love it as much as we do, the memories are lasting.