Our 4 year old son started reception last month, but there have been 2 cases of covid in his school so he has ended up having a month out of school having to isolate in the first half term. My husband and I work full time from home so to be honest we have resorted to a lot of bad habits to get through the day such as just buying him loads of crap so he will be quiet and allow us to work - magazines, toys, sweets - largely as bribes.
As a result now his behaviour is pretty bratty as he just wants toys or magazines to be motivated to do anything. He constantly asks us to get things for him from the shop.
Anyway, he is quite motivated generally by reward charts, so we have decided to implement a reward chart again with pocket money so that he can understand the value of money himself and he can be better motivated that way.
Other than giving him 'stars' for things like getting dressed and brushing his teeth, we want to add in small chores. What sort of things do people get 4 year olds to do?
Just to point out, I don't think my son is a brat, he is very well behaved typically, but we have instilled these bad habits in him. I am hopeful that if we get a routine in place we can iron it out. I fully admit it has been our own fault.