After every term in the school year we have a good grade reward. If the kids who are in school have worked hard, have tried their best, and have recieved good grades then they are invited to come. This term all 5 kids who are in school did very well, all A's in fact. This has become a fun tradition, our good grade reward, and the kids work hard and look forward to it every term.
This term we took them to a fun ice cream/frozen yogurt shop. 
There was about 12 different flavors of ice cream anda million toppings to choose from.
The best part about it was it was serve yourself! The kids thought this was great. We told them that their reward for good grades was that they could get as much as they want with as many toppings as they wanted. They came up with some pretty interesting concoctions!
(I don't know how many times I have told them that bubble gum
and ice cream don't go together!)
Even though Ethan and Ashlyn don't really get grades yet, the older ones wanted them to come along and they were thrilled. It was a fun family outing.
Over the years we have done lots of different and fun things for our good grade rewards, some very simple and inexpensive and some a little bit more elaborate. We have done candy grams, movie night at home with all the fixings, some great plays, fun restaurants, money and a lot more that I can't remember right now. Our goal is to teach our kids that getting good grades and doing well in school is important and will pay off for them in the future. We talk about how our prophets have counseled us to get all of the education we can and to always be learning. So far it has worked out well for us and everybody has always been able to participate in the rewards. Who knows if it is the rewards that motivate them or that we just have brilliant children. I'm thinking it's a little bit of both :)
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