I love charts and so do my kids -- which works out great for everyone. If there is a behavior that needs to be worked on -- I make a chart and the girls start working to earn stickers/stars to fill the chart. I have used many over the years. It worked great for keeping beds dry at night, having them stay in their own beds (not trying to sneak into ours), etc. Once they master a behavior and don't need a chart anymore they try to think of something else they can work on to earn more prizes. Our current chart is for them picking up after themselves. This means that their room needs to be clean every night before they go to sleep AND my living room needs to be clear of all toys or clothes of theirs. For this chart I have it split into rows inside of a big "jar" and at the end of each row they get to earn a smaller prize like making cookies, picking a candy, trip to the dollar store -- things like that. But once they have filled the entire jar -- they get to cash it in for a big prize. I am hoping the timing will work out perfect for the SECRET trip to Disneyland that we are planning in May. (Do not tell my kids or I will hunt you down)
Anyways....... they have been working on this cart for the last couple of weeks and they have been doing fantastic!! They have only missed 2 stars -- but that is okay with me because that just stretches the length of time to fill the chart to get it closer to May. :) Their room looks awesome and so does the rest of my house. I love charts!! :)
2 comments:
two things:
first--your jar is slightly crooked.
second--i didn't say a word to addie...but why did she invite me to disneyland the other day? i figured you broke down and told them :)
i think she might have a clue. she's been talking about it an awful lot. I think she has been seeing me collect money and stash it away.
and i like my jar crooked -- i wanted it like that!!!! :)
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