what do you do for rewards?
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Topic: what do you do for rewards?
Posted By: sarasal
Subject: what do you do for rewards?
Date Posted: 08 September 2011 at 5:52pm
| I'm thinking about starting some kind of sticker chart to encourage my 2 year old not to do certain annoying behaviours and I'm looking for ideas of what could be used for a daily reward or treat? I don't want to use toys as we have enough of those creating a mess around the house. I don't know about using lollies either, since it supposedly can lead to problems with emotional eating. Are there any little things that your toddler really loves, that are cheap, easy and healthy? |
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 08 September 2011 at 6:19pm
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Just use stickers. We just use praise & high 5's ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Shelt
Date Posted: 08 September 2011 at 6:24pm
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Instead of a sticker chart my sister made my DD a picture chart. Its a large picture of a tree which she laminated and then she laminated lots of pictures of butterflies and attached velcro dots to them. When I was using it the idea was DD does something good and I attach a butterfly to the tree using the velcro. When her tree was full of butterflies she got to choose an outing (beach or park or library - something free but enjoyable). I used it for a while and it worked well then kind of gave up as the specific behaviour I was working on changed. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: sarasal
Date Posted: 09 September 2011 at 9:33am
| that's cool - I love the butterfly tree idea! |
Posted By: JessDub
Date Posted: 09 September 2011 at 12:32pm
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We use one pebble (as in sweet) for potty training. Not too worried about it leading to childhood obesity, diabetes etc - a single pebble is excellent currency at our house. ------------- 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 09 September 2011 at 12:53pm
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Love the tree idea! We just do a lot of encouragement at the moment as well as praise and high 5's and my daughter loves it when she gets a 'yay!'.
I couldn't see a sticker chart or tree with butterflies lasting long here though because she would just pull it down/apart etc! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Shelt
Date Posted: 09 September 2011 at 6:56pm
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Thats why the tree is up high so she can't reach it High9! Its bluetacked to the wall at about my head height so she can see it but not touch it. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 09 September 2011 at 10:43pm
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Does she show much interest in it though? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Shelt
Date Posted: 10 September 2011 at 7:22pm
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Yeah she loves it. At the moment its just a picture of a tree with the butterlies on it coz I have given up on rewards for now. But it worked really well when I was using it. When she was following instructions and doing what was asked without me having to tell her a million times I made a huge deal about telling her well done and letting her choose a butterfly to put on the tree. I used to hold her up to put it on herself. I would also keep talking about how well she was doing etc and pointing them out. The chart was on the wall across from the dining table so in a place where we saw it all the time.
The reason I am not using it at the moment is coz I have other issues with her(tantrums etc) which are more of a problem at the moment and I deal with those with "thinking time" instead. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Troods
Date Posted: 11 September 2011 at 8:42am
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We have a star chart which initially we used for toilet training. But now that she's toilet trained we use the star chart for general good behaviour etc. I let her put her star stamp in the square and tell her why she's been given a star. I have random squares on the chart marked with a "?" for a prize, and when she's built up enough stars to reach the next "?" she gets a wee prize which would be a small toy or item that we've seen purchased and put away, or had from previous christmas/birthday gifts that we decided to not give her straight away because she had so many already to play with. She slowly builds up the stars working towards the prize as an incentive, rather than a daily reward, so that she might get a prize once a month, or maybe twice a month if she's been really good and earned lots of stars. ------------- 
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Posted By: millemama
Date Posted: 13 September 2011 at 12:22pm
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My little one is into books, and wants us to read as many as poss, it can be time consuming but rewarding. So find it a really good reward. One good deed is one book of her choice to read to her etc, one bad deed and one book comes off. I have an extensive collecion from the local libraries so the books are always changing too. ------------- http://daisypath.com"> 
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Posted By: RubySoho
Date Posted: 13 September 2011 at 1:08pm
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I'm just gonna jump in and recommend http://www.amazon.com/Love-Logic-Magic-Early-Childhood/dp/1930429002/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1315875978&sr=8-2 - this book . I borrowed it from our local library and really liked the simple approach to discipline. I started using it right away with DS and noticed improvements immediately. I highly recommend reading it. It might not suit everyone but it's worked brilliantly for us. -------------   tinyurl.com/6ptm6bn - My Blog
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