We do not believe in bribbing our children with money....food, now that's a totally different story! Ethan has to do 6 book reports during his 5th grade year. He LOVES to read so reading the book isn't a problem. The problem comes when he has to sit down and do a project to present to his class. I think he has it easy because he doesn't have to write anything up, he just has to do a powerpoint presentation, a movie, a poster, a drawing or something else to present before the class. His teacher said it should take no more than 60 minutes to do the project.
But yet, he doesn't like doing it. He would rather just read the books. So, being the anti-bribbing parents that we are...at least with money...we told Ethan that we would make his favorite dinner if he would do his book report and present it for the class. It took him 30 minutes to make a powerpoint presentation which he presented the next day at school (and got maximum points). I ran to the store and bought steak and shrimp and we ate like kings!
He was pretty happy with how that turned out and had a great time with his presentation. He was nervous that everyone would think it was dumb, but they loved it and he said he was "really cool." I hope the rest go a bit easier, but they probably won't. He said that he wants a seafood sensation foot long from Subway for his next reward. Oh no!
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