My little friends LOVE earning things. At the beginning of the year I give each child a piece of plastic lacing cord. I get mine on Amazon pretty cheap over the summer. I also give them a book ring for easy opening. I tie a simple slip knot on each end so that one pull of the free end will allow them to adjust the knot with ease. I show them how to push the beads on and adjust the knot. After a day or two, no one needs help putting beads on the necklaces.
I LOVE to pick up special beads for them to earn! Just recently, I found some CUTE CUTE CUTE buttons in the shape of flowers that I gave out for good behavior on our field trip. The kids FLIPPED. I also found some ADORABLE jungle animal shaped beads that I am going to give out for those who do a good job on our animal research project.
I pulled out my handy dandy wood burning tool to make little dog tags for their names. They really loved it. I got the tags for $2.99 at Hobby Lobby. It took me about 30 minutes to get them all burned and drilled. The kids loved them.
I am not sure what I am going to do with these bottle caps, but I could not leave them in the store!
We have a character education program called Early Act First Knight. If they are chosen to represent our class for the trait, they get a medal from a REAL Knight and I give them a star for their necklace.
These buttons were PERFECT
for our great field trip behavior beads.
We had to loop them through paper clips
for them to fit.
We had to loop them through paper clips
for them to fit.
These animal beads will be awesome
to reward my kids who really put
effort into the upcoming animal research
project.
I am really big on my kids giving me quality work. I give these "Quality Stars" to kids who give me EXCELLENT QUALITY work.
We store our necklaces on our Class Dojo / Behavior Board. They love wearing them to assemblies and to lunch on Fridays! They are so proud of the their necklaces.
OH!! My favorite part!!! The PINK Positive Pal bead!!!
Each day during our afternoon meeting, students can give away one pink bead. They only have one bead to give away and must give it to a friend who has done or said something nice to them. They cannot keep the bead or give it to anyone who asks them. Some of the kids give the bead everyday and others choose not to. I don't pressure them but will make suggestions if I observe something during the day. This is always a favorite time of the day.
I really enjoy finding ways to reward my students for hard work, great choices and good behavior. These necklaces are a CHEAP and versatile way of rewarding my little friends.
