Tiny Treat Helps Transition Child Into Carrying a Sack Lunch

My request for readers to share their behavior tools and tricks brought a terrific idea from reader hopernch for helping a child transition to bringing a sack lunch to school: "My Kinder son resisted the change from tray lunch to sack lunch when I had to do it. I told him that if he would have lunch without a tantrum, there would be a tiny prize for him. At lunch, he opens his lunch sack to find a little sparkly ribboned bag of a few jellybeans or gummieworms and a sticker. This deterrent works well for him for now." Read more about how hopernch puts this plan into action, then share your own behavior strategies.

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