Rexford has recently been playing the Lego Star Wars video game when he goes to my dad's house so when he saw some Lego Star Wars pajamas at Target he had to have them. I explained to him that they cost $13 and he wants a lot of things he sees and I can't just buy them all for him. He wanted to know how he could get $13 so I told him he could do work to earn money. He wanted me to make a chart and he wanted to start doing jobs right away. He picked up lots of toys without being asked, made his bed, washed, dried, folded and put away 2 loads of laundry, and vacuumed my car for me. Brian said that doing some writing practice and not playing Wii could count too so he spent a long time doing workbook pages practicing writing numbers and number words 1-10. He also wrote a letter to his cousin Ethan and got it ready to mail. This all was done in a couple of days. I would have liked it to take him much longer to earn all the money but I let him earn quickly because tomorrow is Pajama Day at school. So I let him get to $13 in time to buy the pajamas for his special day at school. His next goal is to earn $20 to buy a Toy Story game for his Leapster Explorer.
Practicing numbers and number words
He wrote a letter to his cousin to mail
He made his bed (which we should make him do everyday but we're usually in a rush in the morning and it doesn't happen)
He "folded" and put away all the clothes
Two loads of laundry - done!
He earned $13
He was so proud of all the work he did and so happy to have his new pajamas
1 comment:
Those are some sweet pjs! Way to go Rexford :)
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