that is an old story, I loved as a kid....there was an old lady who swallowed a fly ,I don't know why she swallowed a fly! perhaps she'll die.....I know an old lady who swallowed a spider, it wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her..she swallowed the spider, to catch the fly...I don't know why she swallowed the fly.....goes on and on....similar to the story of "this is the house that jack built" loved that one too!!!!
Kayden sounds like one of mine, when he was little.
We made him a big chart...it covered most of the front of the fridge....his school stickers went on there, and he got stickers or stars from us at home...for everything and anything....like brushing teeth, combing hair, getting dressed without an argument...etc etc etc.....
we bought a bunch of very inexpensive little goodies, and put them in a big box, when we first started the "system", he got a "prize" for 20 stickers, after awhile it went up to 30, then 40 etc...as time went on................also added larger "goals"........... if he wanted a toy that was expensive, he could save up his stars.....had to have 100...for the big prize , we also gave him the option of turning in "gently used goodies, two equaled 1 Point / star...so he could get the little rewards sooner, and also work towards the bigger prize.... he also had the habit of breaking things, so this helped with that too, because if the toy was abused...he could not turn it in!!!!!
he graduated from the stickers to beads at home...I made jewelry, and he always liked to play in my beads...so we bought some inexpensive ones just for him, and found a small jar...and when he did good stuff, he would get a bead put in the jar!! if he wanted he could take them out and make something, and save to get a big prize if he filled the jar...
Ya know I'd bet he could name some of the prizes he got...I know I could.....and that jar of beads sits on a shelf in my sewing room :) we can look at it now and smile :) he was what you could call "a handful"
