Rewarding Learning
Kathy Davisson
Age Range: Early Years
What I did for my daughter to learn the letters and her vowel was..
Get a pack of flash cards with the letters. Tape them around the room, all mixed up. You say a letter or sound and have them find it. If they bring the right one to you (in our case, since $ says alot to them), I gave them a penny.
Now, I use the same idea, for words with my 1st and 2nd grader (The cost has risen though, from 2 to 5 pennies) depending on the size or difficulty of the exercise. Of course as they learn that exercise with those words or letters you lessen the amount of money for those words. Instead of 3 pennies for a word he knows now, it is only 1 penny, and 3 pennies for new words.
You can also use play money, and have them buy from your personal store a piece of candy, a toy out of the cereal box, a .99 cent toy you bought at the store, or even an ice cream cone before bedtime (all motivators).
I also did this with math. I would school outside at the swimming pool. I would give them 5 math problems. When they got 5 in a row right, they could dive in and get the nickle or a dime depending on the difficulty. They then had to answer 5 more correct answers to be able to dive in again. This of course would not be able to be used at school, but at home for parents to try. I have been doing these games for about 2 years now, and it has worked great!
A teacher at school could apply this to her class... "Who ever has the most points at the end of the week, gets a special prize, or whatever".
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