Sentences with phrase «of candy rewards»

So imagine the same situation minus the brightly colored and distracting supermarket, no hope of a candy reward, and a tired, cranky child, and — viola!

The offer of a candy reward was a perfect incentive for potty training — for a few days, until she learned to «game the system» by heading to the toilet several times an hour.

Not exact matches

I would drive a slew of hours and reward myself with a DQ Cotton Candy Blizzard, as a «atta girl» for knocking off another 6 - 8 hours.

When my oldest started Kindergarten, I was distressed to see that many of the lessons of personal protection I was teaching at home were being undermined at school where candy was given as a reward, class parties overloaded children with junk food, and fundraising involved peddling candy and cookies.

For example, just six Jolly Rancher candies handed out as a classroom reward have almost 6 teaspoons of added sugar, while one Capri Sun juice pouch and five hard peppermint candies given to «boost energy» on standardized testing days contain almost 8 teaspoons.

In The Lunch Tray's Guide to Getting Junk Food Out of Your Child's Classroom, I address a wide variety of topics including: how wellness policies and the new federal «Smart Snacks» rules relate to classroom junk food; the tricky problem of birthday treats and how to respond to your opponents on that issue; the use of junk food as a classroom reward; the use of candy as a teaching «manipulative;» kids and sugar consumption; and much more.

You can surprise your kids with rewards or reward them one day a week but don't carry around a pocket full of candy so you can dole a piece out every time one of your kids does something they've been told to do.

Instead of promising your child a candy bar if she takes out the trash, let her feel the reward of taking responsibility without having to be bribed.

There are plenty of options out there, from one or three day methods wear you let your child run naked and realize it's icky to pee, or worse down her legs to more gradual methods that may rely on rewards and praise, from sticker charts to candy treats.

We do food rewards (I know, there goes my Mom of the Year nomination) and escalated to an ENTIRE candy necklace as a reward for poop in the potty.

With all the birthday celebrations, holiday parties, ice cream and candy rewards, bake sales, and sugar - fueled after - hours events, school has started to feel like one big junk food fest (SEE: Rant of the Day: Please Stop Feeding My Kids Junk Food at School!).

Second, teachers were giving both our kids candy, sweet treats, etc. as rewards or as methods of doing work (jelly beans for counting — in 3rd grade!!).

The site is truly comprehensive, not only covering all aspects of school food reform (including competitive food) but also related topics such as drafting a solid wellness policy, starting a school garden, or dealing with teachers who hand out candy rewards.

And though she has cracked down on candy rewards given out by teachers, she also just instituted a program where kids get coupons for free shakes if their class has a high rate of homework compliance.

There were NO rewards of any kind, no candy, no food, nothing.

Many of us know first hand that school classrooms can be an unexpected source of sugar in our kids» daily lives, whether due to parents bringing in birthday cupcakes, junk - food - heavy classroom celebrations or teachers handing out candy rewards.

I'm not entirely sure I handled the end of the potty rewards all that gracefully — I think we mostly just stopped cold turkey with the explanation that the candy (and DVD viewings) were for potty training.

Don't fall into the trap of thinking rewards = only sweets and candy.

Some people like to offer a single piece of candy for pee and something cheap like a Matchbox car or Shopkins for poop, while some experts recommend staying away from rewards because verbal praise will often be enough to keep your kids motivated.

For example, she can earn a little reward coupon, piece of candy, or sticker at the end of the day.

Agree that food rewards aren't the biggest source of food at school, but they may be the biggest source of candy.

Share some of your Halloween candy with United States Armed Forces troops serving overseas as part of the Great Halloween Candy Exchange and be rewarded with fun prizes of fitness and litecandy with United States Armed Forces troops serving overseas as part of the Great Halloween Candy Exchange and be rewarded with fun prizes of fitness and liteCandy Exchange and be rewarded with fun prizes of fitness and literacy!

There are many places communities could start: making school lunches healthier, ditching vending machines and access to fast food inside schools, not celebrating sports wins at fast food joints, and ending the use of candy or fast food as rewards, such as «pizza days» and other unhealthy food - themed school events, to name a few.

«What I'm amazed by is the constant use of fast food to pacify children and reward children — there is no event too small for candy or fast food.»

Even though a correct guess meant a candy reward, subjects did no better than chance, the team reports in the 20 August online issue of Science.

For example, if you are following the low - salt advice and you have a hyperactive reward system in the brain, that piece of chocolate cake or candy bar may provide an enhanced reward, leading to an increased consumption of sweets.

I rewarded myself by eating my body weight in a few pieces of Halloween candy.

Other highlights included themed content developed with Buzzfeed Tasty; Peter Rabbit - branded rewards within Candy Crush Saga and Farm Heroes Saga games; a livestream of the UK premiere; Key spots in The Voice, Coronation Street and Dancing On Ice; a promotional partnership with Harrods which fully branded its windows to the movie; an Easter campaign through chocolatier Cadbury; and a Happy Meal program featuring Peter.

Finally, by eating special candy you get as reward for winning battles, you can increase the stats of your characters (such as their strength, speed, etc.).

Coshocton, Ohio, high school teacher Susan Nolan has her own list: «Tissues, hand sanitizer, markers, colored pencils, extra pencils, notebook paper, a bag of candy I can use for rewards, an inspirational poster, or a new paperback book for our shelves.»

In addition, your adult learners don't see the rewards of their efforts as soon as they would expect, and giving them candy doesn't work as it works with children.

Classroom - based rewards were tangible and implicit and included changing incentives each week (tangible awards — including vouchers redeemable for things like pizza parties, candy and food coupons, and t - shirts — were granted on the basis of a 2 % increase in the homework return rate per week.

My first narratives were strings of clues like treasure hunts I would hide around the house, often along with rewards like a lovely stone, a small bright feather or a piece of striped hard candy.

It also comes with candy cane shaped chew toys to augment the very rewarding experience of having to chew on an excellent quality rawhide.

Earn bonus points on in - store candy purchases Earning miles or cash back for Halloween supplies isn't limited to online purchases with your rewards cards as there are lots of ways to earn bonus points or extra cash back in stores, too.

A perfect shot gets rewarded with a slow - mo kill - cam, albeit without the Sniper Elite series» signature x-ray brutality, and while this can be disabled it's like getting a piece of candy for doing good at gory maths.

The update introduces a number of holiday - themed missions as well that have corresponding festive rewards, including glacier balls, confetti balls, and candy cane consumables.

It did turn out very rewarding in the eye candy department, in spite of the game having some bugs and graphical anomalies.

I heard that after he was convicted and sentenced to 20 years, his lawyer said to the cops that in return for conjugal rights with his girlfriend and a published reward of 2 million M&M's candies, he'd arrange to have the pictures returned.