Faith and her sticker chart with her nightgown backwards & inside out. (and spaghetti on her face:)
As of late getting Faith dressed in the morning had become a quite unlovely experience. She was uncooperative and whiny. Her attitude was such that I would end up leaving her in the bathroom with the instructions she needed to get herself dressed. This wasn't really working either as she would just cry on the bathroom floor until she apologized and begged me to help her. So everyone else would be at the breakfast table and she still wouldn't be dressed!
I had tried letting her pick out her clothes, but she still had no interest in learning this task. So.... I decided to try something different. We talked about how that dressing yourself is a job you need to learn when you turn 3. I made her a sticker chart. If her sticker chart is full by the time we go to Chicago she gets to purchase something for her baby at the American Girl store. Each day she dresses herself/puts on her own pjs she gets a sticker. I was very generous in the beginning giving stickers for effort and have gradually expected more as we go along. The first week she wore her shirt backwards 3 days in a row. Even though I informed her it was on backwards she had no interest in turning it around. She even wore her shirt inside out a couple of times. So, I let her wear it like that. I laughed when I was having to check the backs of her shirts for stains when doing laundry. Eventually she was open to being taught how to do it correctly.
She is doing great and we are definitely making progress!
Grace also requested her own sticker chart. Since she already dresses herself my mom suggested we practice her zipping her own coat. I thought this was a great suggestion. I'm sure she could have learned this skill earlier if we had taken the time to practice it, but it worked out well for both girls to work on a new skill at the same time. When I took these pictures the girls were actually in their pjs but Grace ran and got her coat to zip up for the picture! Grace helped choose her reward, a family dinner at Burger King, so they can play on the indoor play place. Look at how proud she looks.
I'm know both of these new skills will come in handy as we transition to having a kindergarten student next year. (AGH!)
1 comment:
How fun!! Sadie has been working on zippers--she can get it about half the time. Kinnick on the other hand has no interest in learning to dress himself--I've been talking it up... hopefully soon (potty training too--Ahh!)
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