For the Daily Choices Chart, the kids try to stay on the smiley face during day. If they make poor choices, they have to move their star down once. As long as they don't get to the last frowny face, they can always move it back to the smiley face. Kids who stay off of the frowniest face get an extra story at bed, maybe a treat, get to stay up a little later than usual, ect. We change the incentives often. Whoever gets to the frowniest face (and this takes a lot of misbehaving) has to go to bed early that night (by early we mean 10 minutes before actual bedtime). Anyway, we have been doing this for a few months and the kids love it.
For the chores, I found the super kids (classroom helper kit) at the teachers aid store. I simply customized it for household chores. D.J. knows how to read, so his chores are written. The younger kids get pictures to identify the chore. The starts start above the picture of the kid...as they complete their chores they get to move the star in front of their kid. I use round velcro sticky dots for everything. They work great and it allows the kids to move their stars around on their own.
Let me know if anyone has questions. Cheers!
Michelle
1 comment:
Cute ideas! I've never done a "choices" chart. Very clever. I've been through several different chore charts. You are good to change up the incentives. Changing the incentives & the charts keep my kids motivated.
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