Landry is three. She is a very typical three year old. Because of this little known fact, we had to implement a positive reinforcement strategy with her. We used this same strategy with Ashton when she was three and we had such great results so, we decided to give it a try with Landry. We know that what works with one kiddo may not work with the other but, both of our girls LOVE praise and positive reinforcement so we gave it a shot.
Lately we have had some problems with our littlest girl making good choices. For example, she would throw a fit if she didn't hear exactly what she wanted, or if she was asked to do something she didn't want to do. The list would be quite lengthy if I typed it...I am sure you get the idea. She is just normal for a 3 year old.
About a week ago, I pulled out the Good Choice and Not Good Choice marbles. She was beyond thrilled to have this put in place for her. It really has worked like a charm. Here is how it works: if she made a good choice, we let her put a marble in the Good Choice cup. If she made a Not Good Choice, she had to put a marble in the Not Good Choice cup. We talked about why the choice was good or not good and this has helped her to understand the difference between the two.
Watching her put a marble in the Good Choice cup was the BEST...she had the most giant smile plastered across her face and she was so proud of herself. When she had to put a marble in the Not Good Choice cup, she got upset and saids "ohhhhh, Ashton is going to be sad. ohhhhh, Daddy is going to be so sad to see this." Then I followed that up with how did that make you feel when you had to put a marble in that cup? She politely responded with...."it makes me sad, Momma!"
Lately we have had some problems with our littlest girl making good choices. For example, she would throw a fit if she didn't hear exactly what she wanted, or if she was asked to do something she didn't want to do. The list would be quite lengthy if I typed it...I am sure you get the idea. She is just normal for a 3 year old.
About a week ago, I pulled out the Good Choice and Not Good Choice marbles. She was beyond thrilled to have this put in place for her. It really has worked like a charm. Here is how it works: if she made a good choice, we let her put a marble in the Good Choice cup. If she made a Not Good Choice, she had to put a marble in the Not Good Choice cup. We talked about why the choice was good or not good and this has helped her to understand the difference between the two.
Watching her put a marble in the Good Choice cup was the BEST...she had the most giant smile plastered across her face and she was so proud of herself. When she had to put a marble in the Not Good Choice cup, she got upset and saids "ohhhhh, Ashton is going to be sad. ohhhhh, Daddy is going to be so sad to see this." Then I followed that up with how did that make you feel when you had to put a marble in that cup? She politely responded with...."it makes me sad, Momma!"
I snapped a picture of her putting her very first marble in the Good Choice cup since Daddy was at work. She was so proud of herself!
I took a picture of her putting her 10th marble in....love, love, love her sweet face!
The other thing she loved about putting her Good Choice marbles in the cup was changing the number card. (Yes, the early childhood teacher in me also wanted to throw in a little one-to-one correspondence and number recognition while we were at it)
She was so tickled and excited to be FULL of Good Choices! We emptied both cups and started over. This has been working like a charm so far, hopefully we won't have to do it long before she really "gets" the difference in her choices. I can't wait to see what she chooses for her next reward!
2 comments:
SO proud of that big girl! it's not easy being an opinionated, sassy, 3 year old! HA! and it's even harder to be a parent! :)
Ohhh, I like that. I wonder if it works for most sassy 3 year olds?! Love how proud she looks!
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