Comments on: Allowance as a Motivator for Bilingual Children

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By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:07:02 +0000

My son is going to a bilingual montessori preschool and that has been something that has been stressed from the beginning, that the kids don’t need motivators, that they want to do good work and perform at their potential. I personally like giving my son treats for doing well, but I’ve been working really hard to not undo what his teachers are doing at school. It is hard to decide the best methods our kids, but it is great to have a community of like-minded parents to bounce ideas around with!

By: Ali

Ali — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:10:26 +0000

I don´t want to sound all preachy because I have definitely used candy, extra recess, and movies as a motivator in my classroom, but ideally the kids would be intrinsically motivated. I wouldn´t use this as my first choice motivation technique., but all kids are different and never say never when it comes to parenting.

I attended a character education training recently and one of the big principles was self motivation. The presenter started talking badly about motivating kids with prizes and rewards instead of teaching self motivation. I got all offended because ahem… I do have a behavior system in my class where they are moved up or down based on their behavior. If they end the day on Outstanding, then they get a sticker, and if they get ten stickers they can pick a prize (candy, coupons, stickers). I´ve really liked this behavior system because I focus a lot more on the positive and kids have the ability to fix it if they make a bad choice. Anyway I just talked to the kids about why they want to move their clips up – and told them that there weren´t going to be any prizes for getting 10 stickers anymore!! Yes we would have treats in the class, but they are not directly related to their behavior. So far….. I have not seen any changes in their behavior (they are still getting stickers for being on outstanding). So… I am hoping to focus more on intrinsic motivation.

I think in practice the allowance thing might be hard to keep up. It might be better to figure out each individual childs reasoning for maybe not responding in Spanish and work with that. It is possible that allowance might not be enough of a motivator eventually and then you would have to increase it or find something else.

Again Im not trying to be all preachy and judging!!

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:41:03 +0000

Interesting to see this article this morning, as this subject came up recently with our 7 year old. Although she is far from fluent, she is learning quickly and speaking exclusively in Spanish at school per her teacher. I think this is an excellent idea! You are correct that many jobs get paid extra (I get 3% more for speaking Spanish, even though I am only an intermediate level speaker at best)

I am going to use your incentive program with my daughter. I am always looking for ways to “bribe” her to practice her Spanish, and this is a great idea. Muchas gracias!

By: Jane m

Jane m — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:20:47 +0000

I believe it will work . We give our children $100 if every grade on their report card is 90 or better. Having an incentive makes them work harder towards their goal.