House of Marbles Marble Reward Jar

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Give them chores or extra responsibilities (yes that’s right… Toddlers and younger kids crave more responsibility) We are all looking for positive parenting solutions, and we have a unique way to motivate good behavior and reward it, using a marble jar. This works great for preschoolers and elementary aged kids. How to Use a Marble Jar to Reward Good Behavior In Kids Ask them, ‘How do we solve this?’ and see what they say,” Dr. Kennedy-Moore says. Their first suggestions may be unreasonable, but keep digging and workshopping with them until you can come up with a workable compromise.

If your child is involved in choosing the reward they are more likely going to want to reach their goal. In the marble jar reward system, you simply set up a glass jar and a bowl of marbles or other small trinkets. It’s a little harder for our brains to make the connection between failing to do something good and getting punished, or not doing something bad and getting a reward. The traditional idea was to encourage positive behavior and discourage negative behavior. Instead, behavior charts publicly shame children, and many parents and schools have left them behind.CAN YOU RELATE TO THIS POST? BE SURE TO GET MY BOOK, MOM LIFE: PERFECTION PENDING . IT’S A HUMOROUS LOOK AT PARENTING TODAY THAT’LL HAVE YOU NODDING YOUR HEAD, LAUGHING, AND REALIZING THAT YOU AREN’T ALONE. Don’t have enough space on your classroom wall for a reward chart? Take advantage of technology with a marble jar digital reward chart that you can maintain on your computer! Designed in a Google Slides template to look like an empty jar of marbles, marbles are added to the jar as students earn points for good behaviour (or another goal you have set as a class). Yes! While marbles are what makes the marble jar, you can also create jars full of literally anything as your reward. But, the reason why marbles are so much fun for the kids is because of the PLUNK! sound they make when they get dropped in the jar. However, if that sound drives you nuts, there are certainly plenty of other reward system jar ideas you can implement.

Offering tangible rewards for a behavior that should be inherently fun, interesting, or rewarding (like playing nicely with friends) could have more negative side-effects than positive. If they do this in the moment while you’re on the phone and listen properly, the candy works as a reward for the good behaviorIf you teach in an elementary classroom, chances are, you have a Marble Jar. The Marble Jar is one of my favorite classroom management tools because it is so easy and there are so many ways to use it! Just in case you have never heard of the Marble Jar, the basic idea is that you start with an empty jar, and you add marbles to reward good behavior. When the jar is full, your class gets a treat of some sort. Here are some suggestions for getting the most from your jar: Our oldest children have rubber bands higher on the jar because they are older & they need to get more cotton balls. Getting praise or positive reinforcement feels good! And when we can immediately connect that good feeling to the positive behavior, our brain will start to anticipate that good feeling and encourage us to continue that behavior. It was hard for you when you saw your friend crying and upset. I know that makes you uncomfortable, but I saw you take care of yourself by taking deep breaths. I want to put a marble in the jar for you because being kind to yourself makes everyone feel good.” This is the exact thing we use in our house, but there are lots of different models and variations of this you can use.