I came up with this incentive system and it's working rather well for my 3 year old. We labeled 2 jars, one for him and one for me. (He loved finding the correct letters to stick on.) Good boy beans are awarded when . . . you guessed it, when he's been a good boy. (We used to use jelly beans but I found them self defeating after he brushed his teeth, etc.) Now we use turtle beans. He earns them for helping set the table, brushing his teeth, being nice to his sister, saying I love you, using the potty, you get the point. Sometimes I give him the bean immediately after completing a task, other times I give him ones for things I remember from the day. He especially enjoys hearing all the good things he's done and is getting pretty creative about making up reasons he deserves another bean.
The kicker is that beans can also be lost for misbehaving. He hates when I take one of his beans and put it in my jar. It is also nice to give a simple warning, "I'll have to take a bean away if you don't _______ ."
What's the whole point of a hill or jar of beans? Glad you asked.
100 beans = $1
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Sounds like a pretty good system to me! Your jars are very cute!
Thanks for the insight...I always have wondered what a "hill of beans" was really worth! Way cute idea!
Just letting you know I came upon your blog after seeing on Sherelle's site and have LOVED reading about all your fun stuff! I really love this bean jar idea and am going to start it immediatly with my 5 year old! If you ever get a minute I would love for you to check out my blog site at www.janielbishop.blogspot.com
I hope you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed yours! Keep it coming!
That is a really fun idea. I wonder if it will work on MY three year old. I know she loves hearing about all the reasons I love her and how she is such an important part of our family, etc.. Every night while I tuck her in we talk about her favorites of that day - but before she tells me anything she insists that I tell her my favorites about HER during the day (all of the good things she did). I find it to be a great source of the ever important positive reinforcement.
BTW - that dumb bird story is pretty funny. Why is that birds are so dumb that way?
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