I think I said a couple of days ago that we were going to start a sticker chart for Leonard and Penny to try to curb some behavior issues. Things like arguing with each other, not talking to us, not following directions, biting and hitting are the reasons that we've decided to start it. There are four things that they must be able to answer "yes" to, in order to get their daily sticker. The questions that we ask at the end of the day are:
1. Were you nice to your sister/brother?
2. Were you well-behaved at daycare?
3. Did you listen to us? (Follow directions, that kind of thing)
4. Did you use your words?
Today is day three. Out of the last two days, so four stickers between the two of them, they have gotten two. In two separate instances, they have each lost their stickers for tonight already. While I wouldn't say it has improved their behavior, it seems to be going fairly well, as both of them have managed to maintain their composure when they haven't gotten stickers at night. Up to this point, they had each missed one night. We decided that cartoons or tv, after baths and before bed, was a bad idea and ends up causing more problems that it could ever be worth. The "prizes" associated with the sticker chart are the reward of cartoons/tv on specific, predetermined nights and the reward that will probably be the most exciting for them is that they will get to choose what activity we do for the weekend. The options are going to be things like going to the park, the zoo or the farmstead... hopefully we will come up with more options at some point. My guess is that it will be a few weeks before either of them earn the right to choose the activity, but they could surprise me.
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