A Very Red Shard

This shard of the stained glass window is ruby red. The same ruby red of the red carpet on Oscar night!

As with many things we reward children for their hard work and the ultimate successes! Curmudgeons would say that reading is a reward in itself, and I agree. However, for children to reach the point of intrinsic reward we often need a few extrinsic rewards along the way. Reading is complex. It often is difficult and certainly no fun when you are first learning! Which is why I am in favor of what some would call "bribery"!

At our AR Party last Friday children put their stars on the AR Walk of Fame in the Hall. They got individual glamour shots on the RED CARPET where they wore feather boas hats and ties and held a real Addie Award (which one of the parents won)! They sat at festive tables and enjoyed treats-- AND they selected a book or toy of their choice -- no one left empty handed!

It did me good to see the beautiful gowns the little girls wore (last year's Easter dress, or Mama's cocktail dress!) The boys wore their ties and fancy church clothes and suits! We had fun!! Something that is rarer at school than it used to be....