Our "Very Good" word for this week
One of my many goals this year is to praise my children more on their work and catch them being good. So each week I have decided to write a word of praise on our white board in our homeschool classroom with an exclamation point. If I catch them being on task with schoolwork, helping their sibling, doing neat work, etc. then I add an exclamation point or a letter if letters have been erased due to misbehavior. This week's word is "SENSATIONAL!". At the end of our school day if they have the whole word with an exclamation point still on the board they receive a tally mark. After 10 tally marks they get a treat/surprise of some kind. This week they reached 10 tally marks so I gave them a small box of LEGOs that a friend of mine passed on to me. Maybe their future rewards will be a trip to the Dollar Store, extra computer time, a special movie, or a special outing.
Last week our word was "GOOD JOB!"
I will be choosing a new word for next week. I got this idea from a teacher resource book and it has really helped me find ways to praise my children. Their eyes light up and they have been motivated to work when I praise them and add letters/exclamation points! They are really bummed when I erase letters :( I have also found this to be helpful because I have not been YELLING at my kids as much during school time. I just calmly say what they are doing wrong and take my dry board eraser and erase letters. I don't know if this discipline method will work indefinitely, but for the past 2 weeks I have enjoyed teaching my kids because they all want to be caught being good!
Need some ideas to say "Very Good"? I have a sheet hanging up in my classroom with all different sayings to praise my children. I refer to it sometimes while I am teaching. I found a link that list the same 99 ways to say "Very Good" as I use. Enjoy!
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I may have to give this a try -- sound like a good idea. I voted for you on picket fence today
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This sounds like a book I recently bought...Discipline Quietly by Marion Stuart. (something I need to read and heed!) ;-)
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