overdues and rewards

[Sandy Kelly <sandyk@MASSED.NET>]

I have been a lurker on the issue of overdues and rewards. Once upon a time
I had some great incentive programs to reward classes for having no
overdues. My favorite was the year I had beautifully decorated hot air
balloons representing each class. If the class had all the books returned,
the balloon would rise one balloon length. After a few weeks it was easy to
track
the classes that were still "grounded" and needed prompting to get those
books back. I realized the unnecessary discomfort it put on the child who
had forgotten their book the day that the only person who forgot their book
was
my own daughter! She was horrified and embarrassed. Need I say more after
that? :-)
Sandy Kelly
Library Media Specialist
Carlisle School
Carlisle, MA 01741
sandyk@massed.net

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