Children’s trading cards

As a parent myself, I'd be thinking you'd be introducing kids who wouldn't normally use them or get them at home to them.
Then the kids come home and pester mum and dad to buy them for them because everyone in school has them.
Just my two cents.

I think you're onto a good idea though.
How about you make your own cards, cut and laminate them to the size of playing cards.
Put your own designs on them.
Make no reference to Match Attak or Pokemon cards, just introduce them as your own invention.
You can get very creative with them.
Well done for thinking outside the box.

SnowyMuckish wrote: »

Interesting thought. I’m just not too inventive 😂

You obviously are when you're thinking like that.
PS, I have a boy and definitely the pencils etc wouldn't appeal to him.
As a female myself, I know I'd have loved stationary or fancy paper etc.
It's probably frowned upon to give penny sweets?

SnowyMuckish wrote: »

Being a Mammy I always smile through gritted teeth when someone offers my little fella a lolly or sweet treat, he gets enough from his two grannies and his Daddy behind my back! I know some parents don’t mind but I wouldn’t want to cross lines either.

I would just like to have a Friday reward that boys would be excited about pink fluffy pencils won’t cut it this year ��

You have to be so careful now days with children and food allergies too do I guess sweets are out.
I remember when my boy was very small and pharmacy staff offering him a pick from the lollipop jar. It used to irk me. Obviously never heard of choking hazards.
Maybe post over in the teaching forum for ideas from other teachers too.

SnowyMuckish wrote: »

Thanks Purple Mountain, teaching forums are a bit of a no go lately for some reason :pac:

It’s just nice to get a parent’s perspective of what makes their children happy!

If your a mam yourself, trust your instinct.
Also, my guy is gone through primary school now and the teachers he laments and speaks about from those days are the ones who were kind with words and encouragement.

Here's an idea actually.. One bought a table tennis net, little paddles and a ball and just clipped it onto a spare desk down back.
A little game of table tennis when tasks were completed was a reward.
Often activities, not objects can be as nice for the children.

My kids have got little rewards coming home and loved them, like pencils and rubbers. I would also veto the idea of trading cards, my two went through the match attax phase... twice!! they had my head wrecked with them. Cost a fortune, and essentially all ended up in the bin, only for them to start collecting them again, I hate them, they are a complete money racket

My youngest boy’s class had a table of the week prize, they got to sit on cushions for the week, their teacher had those emoji cushions and table of the week got to sit on them all week. Handed back on a Friday and new table announced Friday evening. Was a cheap method of giving a reward and he loved it, raved more about having a cushion than any prize he ever brought home.

All their teachers over the years have used those rewards sheets for student of the week and friend of the week - these were also a hit and are all still on display in our kitchen.

I think the problem with choosing something like trading cards is that you’re never going to get a whole class motivated by one theme, even if you choose something popular.
Personally, I often ask my new classes for ideas as to what they’d like the reward to be and try to integrate that into a reward system. Often what I think is motivating is way off the mark. Also what works for one group another might not care for. Some things that students have suggested as rewards include choosing their own seat for the following week, getting to choose some element of Pe the next week, the cushions, for younger groups getting to use twistables where the others use chubbies, homework passes (very much depends on the group whether these are motivating or not), getting extra iPad time. What I like about these is that they cost nothing. You could even have a points based system where a certain number of points needs to be earned for one of the rewards above. They have the chance to bank points or cash them in. Class dojo works well for tracking this kind of system.

My 8 y.o boy is a total hoarder, and any “stuff” like pencils and rubbers Notebooks etc would be appreciated by him. I don’t know that you’ll find anything that everyone will love though, that’s the problem.
Our dentist Has a little box of toys that she whips out at the end of a visit that the kids get to pick something from. It’s all stuff like bouncy balls, pencils, different bits. I think the novelty of choosing would work well? Actually, I just searched party bag fillers on amazon and there’s a few packs. But it depends what age you have!

jlm29 wrote: »

My 8 y.o boy is a total hoarder, and any “stuff” like pencils and rubbers Notebooks etc would be appreciated by him. I don’t know that you’ll find anything that everyone will love though, that’s the problem.
Our dentist Has a little box of toys that she whips out at the end of a visit that the kids get to pick something from. It’s all stuff like bouncy balls, pencils, different bits. I think the novelty of choosing would work well? Actually, I just searched party bag fillers on amazon and there’s a few packs. But it depends what age you have!

Absolutely. My son (7.5yo) loves these little trinkets! He’s also a horder. Little keyrings, compasses from dealz, novelty rubbers, and little notebooks with pencils etc. He loves that kinda stuff!

Purple Mountain wrote: »

You obviously are when you're thinking like that.
PS, I have a boy and definitely the pencils etc wouldn't appeal to him.
As a female myself, I know I'd have loved stationary or fancy paper etc.
It's probably frowned upon to give penny sweets?

My boy definitely gets a friday jelly after his spelling test!