We have one of those Sticker reward charts on the livingroom mantlepiece. You know the kind, I'm sure. Four weeks seperated into days, if certain tasks are complete the child is rewarded with a sticker to go on the current day, and at the end of the week you tally up and they get a cookie.. or a comic.. or some form of treat as a reward for all their accomplishments.
Lily had one of these when she was 3, but until recently the concept was lost on her. Mainly because she had no sense of time, it took quite a while to get to the point where she can put things in order, there are yesterdays, there are tomorrows. Things have happened, things will happen and theres a cause and effect to our actions. Actually we're still working on it, but she has the basics now.
We started a new reward chart in March, Granny presented her with a beautiful princess one, and a book of hundreds of stickers. At first we used it to reward Supersuns and Hair Washes, and gradually other things have crept in (like getting dressed, calming rather than screaming, getting to school on time, not running off, being helpful, eating, everyday normal things). Mummy started a tally, in March there were 13 stickers for the month. April had 12...
April was a tough one, 5 weeks on a 4 week chart, Mummy got confused and started the May one in April so we'll have an extra week.
Lily has been saying she wants a "pooter wif minecraft om it". I think we must be one of the few households not to have one of those. I have a very old and slow laptop, but it wouldnt survive the onslaught of Minecraft.. and it doesnt have a CD drive..
Cue genius moment...at the start of the month Mummy said to Lily for every sticker she earns Mummy will put £1 to the "pooter wif minecraft om it" fund. (figuring £12-13 per month is definitely do-able)
Bearing in mind we're only on the 6th, Lily has already amassed 12 stickers.
I think I'm being hustled.....
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