The new school year is upon us and that means getting back into the swing of schedules. To help with some of the wildness we made a couple award charts. Let's just say that I'm not the best at these charts. Follow through is HUG! Always having stickers or something to stick up there... it just doesn't work for us. So with a little country flair we put these guys together.
Need:
Manila folder (one folder will make two charts)
Clothes pins
5 small clothes pins
7 large clothes pinss
1 old school pin
Sharpie
Push pins
Hole puncher
What ya do:
-Open the manila folder up. On the original fold line cut the manila folder.
-Take one of the cut manila folder halves and fold. We fold it in half because the clothes pins do weigh the chart down.
-With your sharpie right 'SCORE' along the left side and 'DONE' along the bottom of the manila folder.
-In the top corners of the folder punch a hole. This is how you are going to hang the chart up.
-Take your large clothes pins and write one-seven on them. Both sides! So that when you move the clothes pin from one side to the other the number will show. The best way to do this is lay them out write one side and then flip to the left and write them out again. These are our 'Score' pins.
-Take your small clothes and... wait right here! I made two sets. One set is for our older boys, the other set is for our youngest. You can make these more specific to what you want. For the older boys I made pins for: Chore 1, Chore 2, Behavior, Homework and Bonus. For our youngest I made pins for: Chore 1, Chore 2, Behavior, Behavior and Bonus. These are our 'To-Do' pins.
-With the old school pins I let the boys decorate them. You don't have to do this, it's just a fun touch.
How the chart works.
The chart making is all done! Now how to use it. Let me really push right here, that this is what is working for our family. Use these ideas as a starting point, change them up, do what you want or need to make it work for you. I think that's where my hold up was on doing this before is that it just wasn't quite working for our family.
-The 'To-Do' pins will start at the top of the chart. When the 'To-Do' pin is done you move it to the bottom of the chart to 'Done'.
-If in one day all the 'To-Do' pins are met you can move one of the 'Score' pins over to 'Score'. When the kiddo gets seven scores they can pick a treat!
Couple tip a roos that seem to be working for us.
-Hang these charts in a spot that the kids and parents see. That way everyone is held accountable.
-Follow through!
-The Treats are a BIG deal! Let the kids get involved with picking out the treats. That way their excited about it too. Maybe throw a couple REALLY BIG treats in there. One of our big treats is: if you can earn 14 Score pins you can get a day out at the mall!
Side notes to this as well... we have only been using this for about a week at our house. Every other time that we have tried an award chart it's died out three days in. I said this earlier and I'll say it again, change this to make it work for you. I got held up on the whole, well this is how so and so did theirs. Change it! Mold it! Make it!
Let me hear how your charts turned out!
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