Talk to LEGO® about everyday occasions worth rewarding your child for and you could win a £300 Love2Shop voucher *NOW CLOSED*

[AngelieMumsnet]

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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Adam chooses Lego as his treat all the time. We are currently working on a reward chart for his behaviour. When he gets 10 'ticks' he can choose a new mini figure, although we went to Legoland 2 weeks ago and somehow a mini figure became a Spider-Man set with van and Dr Octopus!it is a great set tho....??

I reward my 20 month old son when he behaves,is polite and listens first time to what he gets told about something new he cannot do or touch that could hurt him.

Consistant good behaviour and going the extra mile by tidying or helping without being asked.

We've got a stash of those small lego kits in bags to use as treats! We've used them to keep DS entertained whilst eating out at restaurants/pubs too. Perfect for building and playing with whilst we wait for our food to arrive!

I believe that most things my children do deserve rewarding. They have always had good school reports etc. I have recently decided to focus my reward on something they are struggling with slightly and that is swimming. I have found giving them an incentive and something to work towards has made a great deal of difference to what they are achieving in their lessons. I will definitely continue with this as my older son has been struggling the most and is making good progress :-)

Everyday 'good' behaving - ie listening, tidying their room, sharing and being kind.

Birthdays and Christmas definitely. Also anything which goes beyond the norm in terms of something they've done e.g. getting a difficult badge at a hobby, trying hard at a school test etc.

I like to reward my daughters for good behavior in situations I know they find difficult, my eldest can go off a bit daft when he gets a bit nervous - silly voices leaping about etc - so I have rewarded her spontaneously when she has managed to not do that!

We reward 'extra' behaviour so helping without being asked. We also reward for good school reports. At the moment we're having to reward my 5 year old dd for sleeping all night in her own bed! (Sigh)

DS got rewarded a few weeks ago for getting a baby sister. He got more 'rewards' than I did! Luckily he deserves them as we thought he might act up with the new arrival, but luckily he has been good as gold.

Collecting enough stars on his good behaviour chart

I like to keep my rewards for day to day things verbal but if my son has done something, which I consider to be above and beyond in terms of helping someone else, then I may well reward him with a treat... possibly Lego.

My daughter has to have a monthly painful injection in which numbing cream doesn't seem to work, she likes to choose one of the plastic packaged figures or a boxed figure following that (and after the tears have finished). We're also in sports day and school report season so we always reward after those.

We have been lucky that my daughter is generally quite well behaved and so sometimes it's hard to forget to reward her and not just "expect" a certain standard of behaviour. Occasionally though she takes my breath away with her kind nature - today I found her stroking her 7 month old brothers head and whispering that when he is old enough one day she will share her chocolate buttons with him....sob. A little treat of chocolate buttons came after school today...might try Lego next time! They can share that too x

We have a food chart in our house, to encourage my two to try new foods (they have a tendency to be picky). When the chart is completed (one A4 page) they get a reward. In the past it has been a DS game or a doll etc. However, this would be a good excuse to get a little Lego in! :)

For good behaviour in a situation that was difficult for DD (usually something that involves sitting still for a long time!)

According to my DH, Lego is not a treat, it's a necessity!

DD is only 2 but already enjoys playing with Duplo. She loves the Batwing that fires a pellet out of the front The cat is less convinced! I'm sure she'll be bought more in the future, possibly as a treat when her younger sibling arrives later this year. More likely as a reward for good behaviour or school achievements later.

DD is being rewarded at the moment for letting mum or dad brush the knots out of her hair!

When DD (5) tries something that she's wary/unsure of, she gets a little treat. Small toy or puzzle book. Could be something like climbing a bit higher on a play frame or starting a new after-school activity.

We're trying to encourage the "don't know until you try it".

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