So we have been doing the chart thing. And it's great.
The problem. They don't care if they brush their teeth and get dressed so that they can have some TV time. TV time has been forgotten. and please please please go down and watch TV. oh how I miss you TV time. They could care less. So I let the consequence be that they don't get dressed and earn their star.
Thing is. they don't really care about earning the star because the end of the month thing is so far beyond their concept of time. ie. is Christmas tomorrow mom ? is Christmas tomorrow ? nope it's at the end of the month in just a few weeks. so is it in 2 days mom ? is it in 2 more days ? (sigh)
We still have our family game night on Monday and movie night Fridays. I hate to make them earn that time...because family time isn't something that I want to threaten them with. Like reading. I KNOW it's something that they love to do with me and threatening it would get results. sometimes. but it's not something I want to use as a punishment. you know ? that whole follow through crap.
Any ways. I think we are going to have to work on some kind of weekly reward. or even bi weekly.
Maybe do something fun twice a month. I mean. We're fun people. We were doing that before any ways.
Some pictures of our star chart successes.
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| Making his bed |
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| I have actually been able to appreciate and love the imperfections |
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| It makes me smile picturing his little body making this by himself. |
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| It makes him smile too. |
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| and what I've learned about all of this bed making is. |
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Practice (and age) makes perfect.
oh. and. I'm not doing it :) |
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| They get themselves dressed |
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| Sometimes backwards and inside out. :) |
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| And they brush their teeth. |
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| And that makes for a clean smile and a happy mom |
