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The team at LEGO® would like to hear about everyday occasions which you feel are worth rewarding your DCs for.

Here’s what LEGO® 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!"

So, what everyday occasions do you think are worth rewarding? Is it consistent good behaviour? Or maybe it’s doing their violin practice? Perhaps making the school football team deserves a hearty well done?

Whatever the occasions you feel are worth rewarding, LEGO® would love to hear about them!

Please share your thoughts on this thread. Every MNer who posts a comment will be entered into a prize draw, where one MNer will win a £300 Love2Shop voucher.

Thanks and good luck!
MNHQ

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I reward achievements such as being in the special assembly at school.

I also reward for behaviour - such as for good sharing or very good behaviour. With my littlest I tend to big up the absence of bad behavious - eg not whining. I try to make a big deal out of these too, so that if one child doesn't miss out by being good at sharing and therefore not receiving praise/a reward.

I like the sound of the Lego gifts, which could be used to work towards.

Choude - that Lego ladle game is a great idea - we will play that!

My Kids love Lego and we do use it as a treat to reward good achievement at school as well as a a goal towards something at home either better behaviour or for rewarding for doing a series of household things

We love lego here, we buy it for any reason...a good result, a sunny day, a low mood etc. We can normally find any excuse to buy more lego

Everything here gets rewarded with Lego!
A great school report would probably be rewarded with the current Lego kit of choice!

Smaller rewards (for things like: using the toilet, tidying room, revising, homework, reading well, good manners, helping others, kindness etc) are often desired Minifigures (it's great to collect whole sets!) or smaller/medium kits depending on what's been achieved.

Sometimes a reward is the new Lego Magazine or Lego Catalogue that I've hidden until homework is finished - wish they came out more frequently!

We buy Lego as a reward for "bravery" eg after hospital visits, tests. Also as a reward when enough smiley faces have been earned on reward charts.

My son (5) gets rewarded for "making good choices".

We find it covers everything, from choosing a healthy snack to choosing to work hard in school or choosing to be kind. I think we phrase it in this way because we really want him to realise that while some things are out of our power, like a natural ability to run fast (he sort of lollops along like a wonky rabbit), we all have the choice of taking part and doing our best.

We are really proud that our son is thoughtful about the choices he makes and that rewarding him in this way seems to have a really positive effect on him. There is currently a Lego Darth Vader sitting on a high shelf awaiting a tidy bedroom to play in... sometimes the line between reward and bribe is a little fuzzy...

Mine tend to get a smal thing as a random treat mainly as i don't want to get into the cycle of having to buy something everytime they get, say, a good report. My DS are Simpsons mad so the Simpsons mini figures are the ultimate treat in this house atm.

I reward when DD has been particularly helpful or brave, eg after injections. Sometimes with sweets, but more often a comic or book of her choosing.

Being wonderful and helpful with dd2 and for doing his chores around the house like a good lad.

Getting a merit award at school
Looking after her sister

Sometimes I just treat them because I love them.

I think a nice occasion would be when my older son, 3.5, 'reads' stories to his younger brother, 2; it's the type of behaviour I like to encourage!

We use a reward chart. Good behaviour moves the marker up the chart and reaching the top equals a special reward - that often is Lego! Usually the bigger packs at that point, however.

The little packs, being quite portable, are useful as bribery to persuade the DC to sit and do something quietly for a time when out and about. It would be useful if the boxes could be changed to be securely resealed after use, so the pieces can be kept safe when on the move. Or possibly include a small resealable bag inside for the same purpose?

Otherwise I find bits of Lego in the bottom of my handbag for weeks.

My son is obsessed with both Mixels. We have rewarded him with one when he has made a big effort with something, be it swimming, handwriting, reading, particularly good behaviour. On occasions, we have also given him one when he has been under the weather, as a sort of pick me up.

My DC get small monetary rewards which they save up to buy lego. Our supermarket stocks it so they regularly see the set they'd like next.

Oh and rewards are for effort whether this is with handwriting or tidying up.
Having something to aim for is motivating.

Ds2 has food allergies so Lego advent calendars are a must for good behaviour coming up to Christmas. Ds1 gets Lego for doing his homework without his behaviour disintegrating or losing focus.

We tend to use LEGO gifts to reward DS handling a difficult social situation (like a large family gathering) as he has Asperger's and lives for LEGO. It is a great comfort to him in stressful situations and a gift of some new LEGO really makes a difference to him.

I have various mini sets stashed away. I tend to hand them out when DS5 has been not been acting in a very polite way, we have a chat and then when his behaviour improves, I quietly leave one out and say thank you for improving your behaviour. It is great when you are kind and polite.

I reward my toddler for being kind and helpful (she has a new baby brother to contend with). So if she's particularly patient or helps me she will get a reward - even if it's something simple like getting to play stickers.

I'll reward ds for making above and beyond efforts, or for things that were really hard for him.

Everyday things I'd reward a young child for are sharing nicely or being kind to others/their siblings. I also think good behaviour and patience when doing things they don't necessarily want to is worth rewarding e.g. clearing up their rooms, or putting away all their toys. I agree with posters who say doing good homework or maths/spelling results is a great one for rewards, but my dd isn't of that age yet. For tinies like my dd I think rewarding patience, kindness and 'helping' behaviour is all really helpful

A good school report is always worth a reward, and any extra special good behaviour. Sometimes is nice to reward children when they are not expecting it for a pattern of behaving well.

My little girl gets rewarded for showing kindness to others.