D's School Homework Store

This is D's school homework store.  When she arrives at daycare after school, D's first job is to bring in the mail and sort it.  Then she has an after school snack.  Then she must work on her homework.  If she gets it all done, then she earns a star.  Each star equals $0.25.  She saves up her stars and then can use them to buy items from her homework store.  On Fridays, she gets a choice of whether she wants to do her homework or not.

This is not bribery, it is reward and it also incorporates some learning objectives.

D is great at adding pennies, nickels, and dimes - but needs some practice at adding quarters.  All the items in her homework store are priced in multiples of $0.25.  The items range from $0.50 to $6.  So one of our goals is to get her to memorize some facts like:  4 quarters equal a dollar and how to count by 25's.

Other learning goals include learning about delayed gratification and the value of a dollar.  D can only earn one star each day, so she has to save them up before she can buy anything.  She could start trading her stars for items that only cost 2 or 3 stars, but she'll never save up to buy the higher priced items that way.  In addition, there are a few snack food items which I suspect may turn out to be regrettable purchases but probably good learning experiences.

Plus it's just a good habit to get into, doing her homework right away each day.  I thought it would take a month or 2 before D would opt to do her homework on Fridays but today she surprised me and got out her homework folder right away after getting here.  She even delayed her after school snack until after she finished her homework.  I'm so proud of her!

All the items in her homework store were chosen specifically for D.  There is a Barbie Wedding coloring book, a Jewelry & Nails sticker book, a pink rhythmic gymnastics ribbon, a Sweets & Treats sticker book, nail polish, glitter crayons, a Lego Friends kit, lip gloss, hair accessories, jewelry, sugar free gum, hot chips, and more.