Every Monday night, G has the same homework assignment. He's to write his spelling words three times each. Today is Tuesday, but since yesterday was a workday with no school for kids, he has Monday's homework today.
Usually this three times each ordeal takes a good twenty minutes. There is much moaning and gnashing of teeth from both the student and the parent. Today I took a different approach. I bribed.
I passed G on his way to my classroom. I told him I'd give him a treat if he had all the homework done when I got back from putting my kindergarteners on the bus. He seemed thrilled, but I've heard it all before. The bribe isn't so interesting when Mom's not around to make you get down to work.
Twenty minutes later, I walked into my classroom. And...
IT WAS DONE! My six-year old with ADHD did a homework assignment by himself!
Hopefully, when he's fifteen, I won't be bribing him with candy to do his work. I hope I can phase out the bribery by middle school at the latest. But I was proud that he had an incentive and made himself get the work done. Some good executive functioning going on there!
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