Rewards and Cheers
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Celebrating Accomplishment
You don't need to offer candy or presents to reward accomplishment. With obesity on the rise it seems unconscionable to continue the practice of offering candy or even food as a reward in the classroom.
Teachers across the country are learning new ways to praise, reward and cheer their students without presents or food.
So let's all cheer!
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Celebrate the moment and offer a reward
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We might stop in the classroom to have the rest of the class recognize individual or group achievement, for example, if someone gives a particularly good answer in discussion or good grades on a test. If they work really hard to figure something out we stop the class and give them a Classroom Cheer. Use imaginative ways to celebrate.
The Applause Book
Recording the Achievement
1. Trace around a hand to make a template.
2. Fold the paper at the wrist and cut it out.
3. Open the hands and trace around the hands onto a blank sheet of paper and then retrace with a black marker.
4. Duplicate the page to make books.
When a child or group does especially good work, reward them by taking their picture with a digital camera and writing a page in the Class Applause Book. By making it into a class book everyone can reread all the accomplishments over and over during the year.
Hurray! Let's Celebrate!
Cheers for Learning
Jump for joy. Sing and shout. Celebrating with voices and hugs can make you feel the accomplishment more than material rewards.
Classroom Cheers
Comedian Eddie Murphy Clapping Hands
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Whenever you want to reward a student or even the whole class, call out one of these cheers and start everyone smiling.
Write the names of the cheers on Popsicle Sticks and keep handy for whenever you need a new cheer.
Please add more cheers to the list so that we can all spread the joy.
Cheering Crowd
Everyone waves their hands in the air and makes the crowd sound, whispering the sound of the letter h.1 point
Roller Coaster
Hold your two hands together and "click click click" them up like you are a roller coaster going up. Then all of a sudden go "Wheeeeeee" and move your hands down like the roller coaster going down.1 point
Candy or Hugs
What kinds of rewards do you give the people in your life?
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Sara says:
I'm guilty of bribing with sweet treats or even video game time - need to learn how to offer words of praise more and of course give more hugs - HUGS say You are awesome and Loved without using a single word-plus they are easy on the budget.
Posted April 09, 2011
mutter says:
We have found a bit of extra money has really helped our boys to get down to doing something useful, especially when they are bored.
Posted May 05, 2010
alison says:
it depends on the occasion.
Posted May 05, 2009
Cheers, hugs and words of praise.
JoyfulPamela says:
Positive words encourage people deep down. "Catch them being good!" with words of praise. :)
Posted September 13, 2009
ronpass says:
Positive feedback and thanks that are specific, genuine and given with feeling and meaning.
Posted May 16, 2009
Kristina says:
hugs
Posted September 24, 2008
More Cheers
Photo Credit: Shake Hands
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Sometimes all you need to do is shake hands. It can make a child feel very proud of an accomplishment. What other ways can you cheer on a child's accomplishments?
- Sonja Dunn: Chanting: A Springboard into Learning
- Chants provide a genuine opportunity for young readers to learn more about print. First of all, show the chant on a flip chart, on an overhead, or on the chalkboard. If your students are barely beginning to read, treat the chant as a rebus, substituting some words with pictures they can interpret.
- Dr. Jean's Cheers
- Cheers for Summer Celebrations!
Our Children Deserve only the Best!
National High Five Day!
National High Five Day falls on the third Thursday of April each year
- National High Five Day
- The holiday originated at the University of Virginia in 2002, and has since spread across the nation, and around the globe.
Countdown to High Five Day!
High Five Day!: April 21, 2012
Rewards and Cheers
How do you praise a child and celebrate an accomplishment?
Hearty Congratulations, Children with Cloverleafs
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What are some things that you might give a child instead of food for a reward? What are some activities you could do with a child instead of rewarding with food?
Can Time Out be a Positive Reward?
- Misbehaving Kids with ADHD: Try Positive Time Out | Homeschooling ADD Kids
- Child Clinical Psychologist, Steve Curtis, PhD., NCSP, has a wonderful blog for parents of ADD homeschoolers.
One of his favorite strategies is to use the "positive time out." Positive time out is when you put your child in time out when he/she is being good as opposed to bad.
When a child is seen doing something desirable, he/she is told to go to time out. When in time out, the child is given a compliment for the positive behavior. Time out can still be used for more negative behavior, but the positive time out should be used far more frequently.
If used in the right way, positive time out will result in fewer tantrums and more positive behavior of the child.
Punished by Rewards
- Punished by Rewards: A Talk with Alfie Kohn - FamilyEducation.com
- Find out why rewarding your kids doesn't always work.
Question: If rewards are out, then what should we do when kids refuse to cooperate?
Kohn: I think we have to look at the deeper reasons why the child is not interested. In many cases involving school, the trouble lies not with the child's motivation, but with the task and the way it's being taught. That's why I spend a lot of time working with educators to rethink what they're teaching and how they're teaching it.
Rewarding a Child with ADHD
This is the book that Dr. Steve Curtis mentions on his blog.
I am Special Literacy Bag
You are Special Literacy Bag
The key to building teams and relationships is to smile and treat each person as if they are the most special person in the world!
Literacy Bags can be used to help build self esteem while connecting learning between school and home. The books in this bag are all about expressions of love.
Literacy Bags can be used to help build self esteem while connecting learning between school and home. The books in this bag are all about expressions of love.
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jimmyworldstar
Dec 3, 2011 @ 6:40 pm | delete
- When my children were younger, I gave them a piece of candy or take them out for pizza to celebrate depending on what they accomplished. The older they got, the less I rewarded them and they understood that being congratulated was it's own merit. I'm not sure how a positive time out would work though...
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johnmarkusen
Aug 8, 2011 @ 12:55 pm | delete
- I like the pic of eddie murphy
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MomwithAHook
Apr 9, 2011 @ 10:02 am | delete
- I love the idea of teachers using alternatives to candy. When my son was in school I always disliked the fact that they rewarded him with candy - it makes me [his parent] seem bad when I say he can't have it or even still I would have to say no to candy at home because he was given candy in the classroom.
Another thing that irritated me was even when I discussed with the teacher his sensitivity to all things sugar they would still give it to him. [reducing sugar in the class room and even in the lunch program would decrease some behavior problems for those children who are especially sensitive to it.]
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May 5, 2010 @ 6:02 am | delete
- I love this lens! So positive to think of ways of telling our kids how great they are. Favorited and lensrolled to: The Huge Benefits Of Reward Charts
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- Hey, I discovered your lens while searching on squidoo, your article looks extremely important for me. I'll add a backlink and bookmark your web page. Keep up the good job!
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- Very good lens! Saw the Tweet from ronpass.
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- High five to you Evelyn! :)
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tutor1235
Jan 15, 2009 @ 10:46 am | delete
- Devoted cheer fans might want to look up old Cub Scout Pack leader guides and suggestions. I remember when my brother was a member (um...nearly 40 years ago....), they had all kinds of unique cheers.
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- Wonderful len.
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- Hugs, cheers, banners, crowns, award certificates and star charts are all great motivators for kids! 5*s and lensrolled to 2 of mine!
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- I like to give hugs and candy. Is that so wrong?
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- Hugs, encouragement and time spent with them on special activities are great...and so is this lens!
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- Smiles and hugs and cheers. Candy may be a treat but not a reward.
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I look for ways to reward my children every day. We cheer, hug, smile, praise and love eachother. From that core of love we go out into the world to spread love and caring to our community and the world.
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I look for ways to reward my children every day. We cheer, hug, smile, praise and love eachother. From that core of love we go out into the world to spread love and caring to our community and the world.
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