Log July 6, 2010

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Date	Minutes Spent Tagging	Activity	Notes	TAG Points	Comments/ Lessons learned
07/06/10	10	Fastpitch Softball	The Kidlet is learning to the windmill for fastpitch softball.	Tag point: Statue of Liberty Tag Point: Still shoulders Tag point: Statue of Liberty I used a clicker to mark the tags.	First we watched the first two drills on a Dvd called The Basics & fundamentals for the Windmill Pitcher. The first drill explained the correct way to hold a softball. The second covered bringing the ball over your head with a straight arm while having your head straight up and down and your biceps close to your ear. The drill calls for zero movement of the torso. I did not tag the proper way to hold a ball as it is something that the Kidlet has already mastered. I did tag the second drill. I had to break the drill down in to smaller pieces. First I had her just slowly lift her arm straight up so that her hand was over her head with the ball in it. No tags needed. She did that about ten times. Then I asked for no bend in the elbow but that the elbow not be hyperextended. I showed her what I meant and then had her tag me about 10 times with a straight elbow. Then I added head straight up and down. When we put it all together Tayja named it Statue of Liberty. I clicked for the Statue of Liberty about ten times. Next we worked on the windmill arm movement. The Kidlet was using her upper body to fling her arm into motion. I clicked for still shoulders for about ten times until she got it. I explained that it she arched her back slightly ti would help keep the shoulders still. I showed her what I meant and then had her tag me about 10 times for keeping my shoulders still while I did the windmill motion. Next we added a pause in the Statue of Liberty position. I clicked at the peak if her elbow was correct. The entire session was about 50 minutes.
07/06/10	1	Citizenship	We use tags (without stating the tag points) for the Kidlet's daily living.	Tag Point: Throw away trash. I marked with the word. "NICE!" And sent her to get a token. I need to carry tokens in my pockets.	The Kidlet is a hoarder. Today I thanked her and gave her a token (poker chip) for throwing away bits of paper when she was picking up her stuff from the living room coffee table. This is major because she tries to save scraps of paper and candy wrappers in case she wants to “make” something out of it later.

TAGging Children

TAGging

First you pick a tag point.

You say, "Tag point lips closed while chewing."

You don't say, "Don't chew with your mouth open." or "Are you talking with food in your mouth?"

When the lips close you click, or say good or yes or nice.

Other than that, you ignore the open mouth with the food hanging out.


SHAPING

You don't tell the kid what you are tagging. You wait for it.

My Kidlet, when age 6, was slow to get out of bed in the morning. I've shaped her to put her feet on the floor as soon as I wake her up.

First I used a stop watch for a week to see how long it was taking her to get out of bed after my first request. I never gave a second one because I thought that she was just waiting for my second one. Some times she got up before I asked -if she had before school care and was in a hurry to go and play with her friends. The longest it took was six minutes.

For a week, I jack-potted her with three tokens if she got up without me asking and I gave her one token if it took her less that four minutes after my request. She got nothing if it took her more than four minutes.

For the next week, I jack-potted her with three tokens if she was up without my asking or if she put her feet on the floor as soon as I asked her to get up. I gave her one if she was out of bed in less than one minute.

For the next week, I gave her one token if she was up without my asking or if she put her feet on the floor as soon as I asked her to get up. She was not rewarded for anything else.

Now I randomly reward with tokens or candy when she gets right up or gets up before I ask.

RANDOM REWARDS

Everyday I find at least three things to reward her for as does my spouse. Sometimes the kid gets tokens. Sometimes she gets quarters which are to her a higher reward as she uses them to buy fancy pencils out of the machine at school. Sometimes she gets candy or a doughnut - a rare treat at our house.

She uses her tokens to buy goodies off of the prize table in our basement. I buy things that I know she will like (and want to earn) as I see them on sell. She can use use her tokens to go to the zoo, open swim, a movie, or open gym at the gymnastic school or to take a buddy to Chuckie Cheese.

I find that now I reward much more that I punish.

Tag points don't include the words "You" or "I."
Correct: "Tag point is 'Lips closed while chewing'."
Incorrect: "Tag point is 'close your lips when you chew'."

A tag point includes only one instruction:
Correct: "Lips closed while chewing."
Incorrect: "Lips closed and elbows off table while chewing."

A tag point should ideally be five words or fewer (which will help prevent multiple tag points in a single tag).
Correct: "Lips closed while chewing."
Incorrect: "Lips are closed when eating at the table."