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Thursday, July 8, 2010

My (first) Creative Space: Bribery Reward and Corruption

This is my first time playing along with My Creative Space.  It seems too much fun not to join in, so today is the day!  I hope my 'creation' qualifies.... it's a bit different to my usual sewing efforts.


I recently created this Good Girl Chart to tackle some challenges with our Toddler.  It is very free form as you can see.  My first instinct was to divide the page into sections for each day, but this seemed more age appropriate to just have a big space for sticking and more sticking.  It is working wonders for us!  Every morning Toddler Cuggles gets a sticker for not having called out to Mummy and Daddy in the night; another one if she hasn't called out after we leave her room when she goes to bed; and a sticker every time she doesn't squirm or kick my very pregnant belly when changing nappies.

Before starting the chart the Toddler Cuggles and I talked about how it works and I asked her what prize she would like to have after she gets lots of stickers.  She decided on a cupcake.

After a week of collecting stickers we set off to Di..licious and the very proud Good Girl showed her sticker chart to the lovely Renee in exchange for a cupcake with a dinosaur on it.  We then went off to playgroup where she ran around showing all the kids her stickers and saying 'I not to call out Mummy and Daddy in the night!'.

Wow, what an impact.  I like to read into this that perhaps we've taught our daughter about setting goals and how good it feels to achieve something you want.  Perhaps, but then, she's 2 and a bit, maybe it is just FUN!  Either way, we're all happy.  

Thanks for the game Kirsty.  Time for a cuppsy!  : ) Kim

12 comments:

  1. we're so not chart people...but i wish we were. nice.!

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  2. stickers!! i used to love stickers when i was younger... i still love stickers! this is a very fun idea :KIM

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  3. I love sticker charts. I had them working for 13 -16 year olds. Nothing wrong with extrinsic motivation

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  4. Sounds great. I tried something similar for potty training but he just screamed his guts out for all the stickers ;( Now he is getting a little older it might be worth trying again. He will be turning 3 this month :)

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  5. She was so cute and so proud! I don’t think Little Guy could grasp the concept yet – but I might have to give it a go, the terrible twos are really getting me down at the moment.

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  6. awesome ideas! :) might have to steal that when my 7 wks old turning to 2 and abit later then ;)

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  7. Kim this a fantastic idea! I like the not kicking on the change table one. This has to be one of our biggest issues too!

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  8. reward charts are the best! well done to you and your little one. and welcome to creative space addiction! you'll be all sucked in to it now :)

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  9. We've used charts, and pretty much for the exact same things you listed! Mostly with the eldest, though I might start the change table kicking with my 2 and bit year old too. In fact, was it our 2 yr olds that share the same b'day? Can't quite remember, someone in the bloggy world does...

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  10. brilliant. i have found sticker charts to work wonders with my kids! helping to choose which reward also seems part of the success I have found. so great when something actually works for your child isn't it!

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  11. woo hoo, stickers, rewards, a good girl and cupcake rewards. everyone's a winner. especially your poor tummy now only getting kicks from the inside. gotta love sticker charts

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  12. Thanks for the comments everyone. I have sent a message to each but something is quite wrong with the blog today, not sure if anything is actually working. Where's the IT guy when you leave the corporate world?

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