Rewards That Make a Difference
Encourage good behaviour in your group while promoting healthy lifestyle habits !
| Target: | Counselors, Managers |
| Time frame: | Any |
| Members: | Everyone |
| Type of tool: | Planification |
| Ages: | 4 years, 5-6 years, 7-8 years, 9-12 years, 13 and Over |
| Group size: | One group |
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Healthy Habits
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Description
Showing appreciation for your young people and allowing them to gain small privileges can make a big difference in your group dynamic! The trend is often to offer food rewards to young people who behave well. This action can alter a young person’s relationship with food. This tool will help you understand why you should avoid this type of reward and what types of rewards you can use as alternatives!
Focus on non-food rewards and activities your group enjoy doing. You can find ideas for rewards and surprises that your young people might like in the pdf.
Goal(s)
Avoiding food rewards allows young people to respect their hunger signals and maintain a healthy relationship with all foods without associating them with emotions or behaviours. This tool aims to inspire counselors in their choice of rewards for their group and to raise awareness to avoid the use of food rewards.
Tips and Tricks
Don’t hesitate to survey your young people to find out their tastes and preferences. By having them participate in the choice of their reward, it will motivate them even more!
If you invite your children to prepare something to eat, make sure that the reward is the cooking activity itself and not the recipe prepared!
Let’s have a chat!
Here are subjects to discuss with your campers before and after the activity. Ask them questions to see what they learnt.
- What rewards do you like?
- What are the main rules installed in your group?
- What are the expected behaviours?
