Swim Jar

This is Mason's SWIM jar . . . he wrote swim on the lid by himself (the w started as an m and he hasn't realized yet that all the letters should go in order and in a line--he puts them all over the place). Inside the jar are peanut M&Ms and when the jar is full, Mason gets to go swimming. We started this as a way to get him to behave. When he's good we add to the jar and when he's naughty or doesn't listen we remove treats from the jar. It worked really well at first and we have convinced him to do a few things he didn't want to do by threatening to remove treats, but I will admit that the jar has been completely empty a couple of times (even though we started with it about half full). It's almost half full again--we're really trying to reward all the good things he does with plenty of treats. I'm not sure how long it will last, but he really needs to fill it up soon so he can go swimming and realize that he gets to do fun things when he obeys! If it can get him to sit through dinner at the table with us, I'd say it's somewhat successful! At least when he's being naughty it gives Dan or me a chance to indulge in chocolate!