Rewards System
Painted the edges black, then put on some butterfly stickers and flowers that I had from a while back that are nice and shiny. Then put a couple really colorful ones near the bottom. Then took these peace sign symbols that a friend gave me, wrote on them the different levels showing what level of goodness they are on, On the first one I Put Outstanding with 6 stars for the amount of days she can...
(Option 1 is for ages 4-6 depending on which words you would like them to reach their goal with by the end of that school year. The more stars the harder the word- Spell out the word she wants for that many days in a row and read it. If she can do that word without changing it to another word for that many days then she gets $2.50 of fake money put into a counting money jar of there choice. Of course the one on the top of the board is the hardest. You can even put more than one word on, however the more words you have on the simpler they need to be. So it is more realistic for the child to learn.)
(Option 2 is for the kids who are 7 to 12 The amount of stars is for how many days in a row they can make it being good. - If she can be good and do his/her chores,homework, getting ready for the day or for bed, without fussing or you reminding them for that many days then she gets $2.50 for 6 days worth of fake money put into a counting money jar of their choice. They can Then once they have reached the goal of that many days in a row they get the reward they and you have decided together that would be fair. But by letting them make the decision and letting them realize that if it was fair for them to get the reward for the amount of work they did. Then they can either choose to put it into a savings account with real money and save it up for other things they feel they want or need, or spend it on something in the here and now.) (If you would like to know more detail, let me know)
(Option 3 is for Teenagers <ages 13-18,19> Depending when the child is ready to move on to the next stage of life. Make it a goal/ rewards system. Depending for how long they are good at doing chores and taking care of self would be apart of the rewards system. As far as goals, Let your teenager know that they have the option of trying to reach an A that would be the green (only as far as grades go though) (Knowing that they would put a goal up that the both of you have worked out together and found one within reason of both of you and your teenagers expectations. Let them know it is okay if they can not reach all of their goals this day, week, month, and/or even of that year. That depending on the goal whether it is for their daily, weekly, monthly and/or yearly goal that they always have the option of trying again at the daily, weekly, monthly and/or yearly goal restart date. Allowing them to realize their potential and boundaries and Consequences. Whether they are good or bad Consequences. So that when they get out into the world that they are ready.
Suggestions: You can change what you put kind of board that it is put on and how it looks to your childs fitting. Posters, magnet boards, Bulletin board if you have that much money. LOL. This is meant to be a positive outlook on things in life in general. Also help them make a dream board. Helps them look toward their future goals in life. Stick around for more fun ideas to use in your life...
I used magnets to hold up and keep track of where they were at on the board (that you could get online or at a store like Dollar Tree or Wal-Mart, etc.) and I also used scotch tape to hold it on to the magnetic board to help out where I didn't have enough magnets to hold it up at. I also staple them together to make it easy to take apart when the time comes.
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