The Criticism Trap – Catch’Em Being Good! Part 3 of a series - The Criticism Trap Last time we talked about The Criticism Trap and what you can do. Here is one more key ingredient to successfully overcoming the Criticism Trap – Catch’Em Being Good! That’s right – catch your student or child on task, concentrating, or behaving well… and praise them for it! Always remember to reward good behavior and good effort! Try This! How many different praise statements do you think you use in a day? Humans can write between 25-35 word per minute. Try writing praise statements from the list below for one minute. Count each word as soon as you have completed the one-minute timing. If you have fewer than 25 words, you do not have a fluent praise repertoire. To get started, use the list below to add praises to your list. Work in this task for five minutes per day until you can write 25-30 praises in one minute. Use you new praises to reward your children with attention. Don’t Wait for Bad Behavior! It is always best to describe the correct behaviour with the praise statement.e.g. Good job sounding out that word. Excellent work reading that sentence! Also, add your child or student’s name, when appropriate, to reinforce the connection. Remember, catch’em being good! List for Teachers Yes, you got that right. Nice Work ___________________ Good job __________________ ! Great job___________________ ! Right On! All right! Way to go! Fine work. Excellent _______________ Wonderful Superb Correct! Marvelous Great improvement! That was perfect You got it! Very nice Good Way to go! Good Idea! Great Answer! Bang on! Much Better Now you’ve got it! Great try Fantastic effort Wow! You are amazing! You did it! Thank you for _______________ Good getting ready Way to stay focused I like how you did that! Hot stuff! Another perfect answer! Great attempt _______________ Keep up the good work Good paying attention You can do this Awesome! I knew you could get this Cool! That was the best Take a bow! Applause!! Let’s hear it for _____________ You are working hard You are so smart! You’re the best! Good thinking Magnificent! ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ Bonus: Check out the FREE lessons of the Maloney Method Digital Reading Program. If you can read, you can teach a child to read. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR DIGITAL LEARNING WITH VIDEO LESSONS AND THE MALONEY METHOD Post navigation Previous Post Previous post: The Criticism Trap – What’s a Parent To Do?Next Post Next post: The Criticism Trap – 80+ Ways to Say “Good For You!” Leave a Comment Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
