Having a Reward Chart For Kids

A highly recommended way to positive parentingEvery night before bedtime, review the behavior during
method is to implement a reward chart for your child. Itthe whole day and provide him or her the reward
can be also known as a good girl or good boy chart.stickers you think he or she deserves. Always explain
You may start this reward system as early as 2.5why you do or do not reward for a particular field. This
years old or when a child can understand aboutis where parenting comes in.
expected positive behavior from him or her and getYou may remind your child during the day about her
excited about 'reward'.behavior and relation to the reward chart to
Here is how it works:encourage positive behavior.
On the top row, tabulate four or five desired behaviorYou should place this chart at her bedroom wall
from your child against the days of the week (at thewhereby it is obvious and reminds both of your about
first column). Some examples of desired behavior arethe ongoing campaign.
like no whining, self-feeding, eating greens, self-dressRecommendation Beyond this Excitement:
up, learn to read and so on. Create empty rows and1. This recommendation is optional whereby at the end
columns to put up stickers or stars. You may want toof the month you can grant extra reward if your child
get your his or her favorite cartoon stickers orachieves x number of stickers. It can something like a
something that motivates him or her to achieve theballoon or some color pencils.
reward0! Give the reward chart a name for e.G.2. Have a theme that your child will be excited about
Jasmine april good girl chart. This chart may use up tofor e.g. Fairy Tale for May and Barney theme for June.
a month.Note: See an example of a Reward chart at Author's
Explain to your child about how the reward chart work.website.