Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Incentives in the classroom: treats When I was in elementary school, a lot of my teachers would pass out candy for participating in certain classroom activities. Answering questions correctly, or jeopardy games, or get an A on a test for instance. I remember my classmates and I were always very enticed by these types of incentives, is this system allowed and praised, or is it frowned upon? What are some alternative approaches besides verbally incentivizing students? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I share the same experiences in elementary school. Now as I teach PreK, I see treats and toys being main incentives for good behavior. I am in support of the idea as long as it is communicated to the parents and if a parent doesn't want their kid to have sweets, then they can opt-out for toys or stickers as rewards.