LEGO® rewards Feedback Thread – Non testers: what occasions do you usually reward your children for? 10 MNers will win a LEGO® set of their choice worth £50 *NOW CLOSED*

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This thread is for the 30 Mumsnetters who are currently participating in the LEGO® reward activity.

Here’s what LEGO® have to say: “Here at LEGO®, we’re interested to see what occasions you would consider rewarding or treating your kids with LEGO®? A great school report. Holiday treats. Good behaviour on a trip to the dentist. Helping in the garden. Tidying their room. Mum's little star. There is a great LEGO® gift idea starting from £2.49 that is fun, creative and made for every occasion. With so many sets to choose from, we think LEGO® is a fantastic gift for every occasion and we’d like you to tell us about it!”

Non-Testers: LEGO® would love to know what occasions you usually reward your children for. Everyone who adds a comment will be entered into a prize draw where 10 Mumsnetters will receive a LEGO® set of your choice worth £50.

Testers: We'll be asking you to add feedback three times - we'd like your first impressions now and at the end of each week of the testing period, we’d like to know when you rewarded your DCs with a LEGO® set, if at all.

So for your first impressions, we’d like to know:

• Which LEGO® sets did you receive?
• Which of your DCs would you be rewarding, if a reward/treat situation arises during the testing period?
• Over the testing period, are there any particular occasions (other than Birthdays, of course!) which you think might be a suitable time to reward your DCs with LEGO®?

Every tester who posts their feedback will be entered into a prize draw, where one winner will receive a £300 Love2Shop voucher.

Thanks and good luck!
MNHQ

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Non tester: I usually reward children when they have worked towards it with good behaviour over a set period of time eg. over a week or two weeks and monitoring it with a reward chart. Then if mainly ticks, they get a bigger reward eg a toy or chocolate treat.

I also might reward them at the end of a holiday if i've felt they've tried hard for good behaviour over the holiday or for being particularly brave eg for a blood test or vaccination.

Non Tester: We reward for good behaviour

Tester here

I set up a sticker chart on Monday with rows of 5 little circles with a larger circle at the end. The idea was that if they were good at school they could have a little sticker, and once they got to 5 little stickers they would get a big sticker plus their Lego reward. As it has been the Daily Mail Lego promotion this week I have also been rewarding little stickers with the free Lego sets.

On Monday both boys (aged 6 and 7) were super keen to do well, and they both had reports of good behaviour and work so they both got the sticker.

On Tuesday my 6 year old had a very bad afternoon at school and I was told of a number of bad behaviour incidents. He then had a bit of a tantrum when he realised that meant he'd missed his big Lego reward this week.

On Wednesday we had a much better report so he got the little sticker and Daily Mail Lego, which he was very happy about. He asked if he could have the big Lego if he was good the rest of the week and was a bit upset when I reminded him he had to get 5 stickers, so would have to try again after half term.

My 7 year old was good all week, so he got 5 stickers and was very excited to get his reward. I allowed him to pick which of the 2 sets he wanted and he chose the police swamp set. The 6 year old said that's the one he would have chosen too.

He loved the set, and he and his brother actually played quite nicely together with it for a while. It was handy that it had several people plus 2 vehicles, so there were plenty of bits to play with. They also both loved the crocodile!

I am going to continue with the sticker charts. Once the Daily Mail promotion has finished I'm not going to give them a treat for every little sticker, but I will continue to offer a reward for the completion of a row of 5 stickers. Sometimes that might be Lego but other times it might be something else.

Tester (again)
We have had a really good week of mornings. Now I know we can do it I'm going to keep the reward system going as it's definitely worth a few packs of Lego for easier mornings. I'll probably go for cheaper packs and alternate with other treats to keep it cost effective.

Thanks very much for the opportunity to take part.

non tester here

with my 5 year old DD, any good behaviour, consistent good results in either school or swimming or anything in that line are rewarded with small toys rather than sweets or anything unhealthy, so I find lego is a great way of rewarding her whilst giving her something she can learn with at the same time.

non tester here - usually when we think they have done something which they did not realise was especially kind

non-tester
I reward my kids when they have done really well at school or have gone out of their way to help their siblings.

Non tester

I reward it whwn worked towards it as an incentive

Non tester here

I am terrible for gifts for my children that I spoil them all the time but if my son does well on his spellings he gets a sticker, when he gets 10 he gets to pick a toy. we LOVE lego.. I have been collecting the daily mail free lego all this week too :)

Non tester here. I reward DD for good behaviour and concentrating at school. Usually with small things.

I have just bought her a Simba from eBay as an inducement to stop biting her nails.

1. Did you reward your DC(s) this week?
Yes

2. If so:
- Which of your DC(s) did you reward?
DS (8) and DD (5)

- Which LEGO® set did you reward them with?
Construction and vet ambulance

- What did you reward them for?
DS scored 40/40 for the third week in a row in his maths test and has gone up to the next group.
DD has been focussing on reading at school and gone up 2 levels in 2 weeks.
They both work very hard at school and are given regular praise by DH and I, but we felt these achievements gave a good reason to give them a reward.

1. Did you reward your DC(s) this week?
yes
2. If so:
- Which of your DC(s) did you reward?
DS1 aged 5
- Which LEGO® set did you reward them with?
The digger set with a toilet. The toilet was a big hit!
- What did you reward them for?
For completing 3 days of a star chart, with stars for various things, some of which he is already good at (like getting dressed and tidying), and others he finds really hard (eating meals in a bearable timescale).

Tester: second feedback

No, we haven't used the reward this week, we're saving it for today & tomorrow at our planning weekend.

Tester here.

1. Did you reward your DC(s) this week? Yes
2. If so:

• Which of your DC(s) did you reward? 5yo DD
• Which LEGO® set did you reward them with? Vet Ambulance
• What did you reward them for?

Making a massive effort not to bite nails. Combined with a daily application of Stop N Grow and much reminding, she managed to complete her star chart and we gave the Lego last night. She was delighted and has played with it today.

Non tester
I reward him for sharing food and toys with sister.

My DSs are rewarded for whole year school achievement, attitude and academic. I expect school to reward the in year stuff, and also let them understand that achievement is its own reward. Other than that, treats and gifts are tied to significant events or on a whim (mine).

Non Tester.
We use toys as rewards rarely,as usually after Birthday and Christmas our son got lots of toys.That's why when he is behaving good, doing well at school, is helpful and nice he can play ps3, nintendo wii u ,watch cartoons or play games on pc.this system works well for use. However when he got dentist app with treatments or other doctors appointments he got toys to cheer him up.Usually it were hot wheels cars but recently he told that he got enough little cars. I was quite worried what reward to choose and how cheer him up after his first blood test. Thanks mumsnet and Lego! I wasn't choosed as lucky tester but this thread was helpful in choosing best reward for my son. We ended up buying Lego city fire engine.He loved it! He was so brave and afterwards got a lot of fun building Lego!

I prefer to find rewards that aren't food related in sweets or ice cream for hood behaviour or a treat.
We reward our dds for good school work, helping around the house, looking after the rabbit.

Non Lego tester
My kids adore Lego... There favourite choice of toys xx

Tester here

1. Did you reward your DC(s) this week?

Yes, my dd aged 5 got her Lego Friends set for being generally delightful and specifically for getting all five stickers for good behaviour on the way to and from school. As it was half term, I thought a bigger reward was appropriate as her behaviour has really improved lately.

She loved the set, although it was too advanced for her to build, and both parents had to step in. She kept saying "I can't wait to play with it!" and she has played with it a lot. The only downside was that she couldn't open the box and cut her thumb in the process!

I was going to keep the other set as a reward for (hopefully) being lovely when staying with family, but then dd got an ear infection and was really ill, so I've just given her the City set as a reward for being so brave taking the grim-tasting medicine and being good for the nurse. This set has been a big hit with all my dc, the older ones built it for her and they've all got a lot more play out of it, with the moving digger and the comedy broken toilet. My dd aged 10 has adopted the female plumber. She loves it because it's got the same kind of hair as her "and she's got a really big hammer". Thank you!

At the minute I reward my little one with none material things because he's a little too young to understand but also because I don't want it to lose impact when he does understand, by rewarding with 'stuff' too often. He did recently get some duplo which his daddy seems to enjoy more than he does!!

I reward my kids (DS age 7, DD age 5) for consistent change in a behaviour that I didn't like and wanted to change . . . ie. I don't reward for a one-off thing generally. Eg. When my DD was getting up very early and waking up everyone else in the house we spent about 10 days working on breaking that habit and having her stay in her room until an alarm clock told her she could come out. Once it was clear that she was consistently waiting for her alarm we rewarded her.

non-tester

DCs 12 and 10

If they want something specific, often lego, we run a reward chart where they got ticks for good behaviour - specific habits I want them to acquire. At the moment it is remembering to put on deodorant in the morning, doing the "extra" bit of the homework which has been set as an option, and for getting all their stuff ready for school themselves.

Tester here! I rewarded both DS with the Swamp Police and Building Site sets. Held them behind my back and they chose a hand. It was the culmination of four days of DH being away, he left a note for each day saying he loved them and giving clues to find a treat - the others were smarties, stickers and polystyrene planes.

So it was partly a reward for helping me while he was away by being - reasonably - good, partly something to keep them occupied and partly something to say daddy was thinking about them.

Non tester.
My little boy is being toilet trained at the moment so he gets rewarded when he uses the toilet.