Ticket System

We have a ticket system in our home. I use tickets for lots of things. They are a great way for us, as adults and young adults, to focus on the positive things the littles do. They are a huge help for training/disciplining. I've given them out one week to anyone who showed initative, another week it was for saying please and thank you, one week for instant obedience with a SMILE on the face, sometimes for extra jobs, trying new foods..... No, it's not been our experience in our two years of doing this that they revert when the tickets are gone (although Zander tends to that).

Josiah copied one full sheet for us and so there are 30 tickets on a sheet. They simply glue their ticket onto their sheet.

What can they earn? This started with little dinosaurs...but then went to play station time. I became alarmed when Zander quit responding because he figured out that he could play during Nolan's play time - and Nolan had to earn the tickets....BUT Nolan and Arielle asked if they could save their pages for a family trip to Mr. Gatti's...so Zander has been on his own. ::snort::

Arielle began redeeming her page of 30 tickets for a book - then we settled on $3 a sheet, as that was getting spendy for a week's worth of effort......Everyone always KNOWS what I'm awarding tickets for this week, and what they are saving for.

All that to say this: Today I caught this on film - hmmm....not film but card.

None of us know WHAT she's saving for but she was thrilled (and so was the child who got an extra ticket). I get TICKET! I DID IT!