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Encourage Better Behavior with Kids Toys
by Kim Proulx
Kid’s toys aren’t just for fun. They actually make wonderful rewards that you can use to get your child to behave. Toys can be used to encourage general good behavior or you can use them to teach manners, stop phone interruptions and more. The power of kid’s toys is absolutely amazing when you start using them as leverage for positive behavior.
How Kid’s Toys can Encourage Overall Good Behavior
Get three of anything. It can be three pennies, three rocks, three trivial toys etc... Put the three items in a drawer. Get a plastic cup and put your child’s name on it. If you catch your child doing something really nice during the day like using good manners, doing chores, being nice to a sibling or more then pull out one of the three items and place it in your child’s cup.
Let your child know that he earned 1 point for doing whatever nice thing he did and compliment him on his good behavior. Let him know that if he earns 3 points that day that you will play with him and his favorite toy at the end of the day. Now if 3 points are too easy, you might want to push it up to 5 or more, depending on your child. When play time arrives, count up the points and if he’s earned the right number let him go and get his favorite toy of the day and play with him for at least 30 minutes. You’ll find that doing this will improve your child’s behavior very quickly and once he learns that you’ll play "his way" for 30 minutes he’ll be very determined to earn those points every day!
Using Kid’s Toys to Teach Manners
If your child has a favorite doll or stuffed animal then you’re in luck. You can use his furry friends to help teach him good manners. You'll first need to write down a list of manners that you want your child to learn. Do you want to teach him table manners and help him learn to say please and thank you often? Do you want him to know how to address adults like Mrs. Smith instead of using first names? Do you want to teach him how to say hello and goodbye on the phone and in person? What you teach your child is up to you, but it’s a good idea to write a list and practice often till it sinks in.
Next, start with table manners and have your child bring his favorite doll to the table at meal time. Ask him how his doll should be sitting and have him place his doll in the appropriate sitting position. Then ask your child to do as doll does. Ask your child what dolly should do if he has a mouth full of food, but wants to talk. Use his doll as an example for every table manner you want to teach your child. You can even have him place a napkin on dolly’s lap. You could have your child roll play his "inside" voice talking through his doll and even talk about how dolly could use his manners at a restaurant.
Later, go to the family room and have your child and doll sit on the couch. Ask your child to have his dolly use the words please and thank you correctly. Roll play with the doll. Encourage your child to have fun with the roll plays to really "show off" his knowledge of good manners. Let him add lib and make things up and ask him to have dolly show you all the good manners that he has. This can be very fun, as well as, quite educational and effective at teaching manners.
About the Author
Use your kid's toys to encourage positive behavior. Kim Proulx, a Certified Parent Coach, believe that children learn best through play, so she recommends that you play often.
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