the funniest part is that she's an UNBELIEVABLY GREAT HELPER! but as the youngest, she's also very vocal & is learning what is and isn't acceptable to say when you're angry (nothing too bad, she just growls and will tell her siblings that she's not their best friend any more or call them a 'baby'....and she'll sometimes keep it up, over and over, trying to get a reaction out of them).....she's not great about picking up after herself, but hey, she's 4! we're a little more lenient with her since she's the baby, but here lately she's really been losing a LOT of stickers for the attitude.....she's getting it though.....and her sticker chart shows that - she finally made it!
here's the prize she chose....a pen that has a little view-finder type wheel on the top with pics of the disney princesses to look at....she was sooooo thrilled & proud! she couldn't wait to show it off to daddy! :0)
i'm thinking that for the next chart, i might try to use something a little more fun....either let the kids create their own chart, or even try using something like this......where they can use the stickers they earn to create a scene.....the only down-fall i see with this idea is that having to rip a sticker off for not following the rules......that might really upset jaden - if he feels the removed sticker totally ruins his scene.....i'll have to think about this some more....i better hurry tho, gabby is coming close to the end again already! :0)
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Okay...so I've tried to create a chore chart for the kids at least a hundred times! And for some reason I just can't...and I'm terrible with follow-through! Ugh!
You totally need to come bake me a cake...and pull a Super Nanny for me! *smile*
...danielle
haha, u're so funny! i'm actually pretty bad at follow-thru too...and i have CRS disease (can't remember sh--...u get the idea) ~lol~ i bought a lil notebook to keep in my bag, my CRS book...so if we're out and one of the kids earns/loses a sticker, i have to write it down in my book and we catch up when we get home...i'd love to come bake u a cake - the super nanny thing, ha - not me sweetie! ;0)
hope u're having a great weekend - the kids (and my nephew - watching him today) are eating lunch and then we're headed back outside...gorgeous weather here! :0)
Cute. I will have to take pics of the new system when we have it set up.
We were trying a pretty interactive system with Ethan for a while since he is a Thomas freak. We had a potty chart that was homemade stickers that looked like train track and I bought Thomas stickers. He would get a track sticker for sitting and a Thomas sticker for doing his business and he could align the track and put the train where he wanted. Unfortunately, we abandoned the system after about a month because he tantrumed every time he had to sit. The stickers lost there luster and he just wanted to sit on his own. Now we have kinda backed off and just sit him about 3-8 times a day, depending on him. We just kind of let him decide, but we ask him about 100x's a day if he wants to sit.
We'll get there someday! He won't be in diapers on graduation day.
shanna - oh girl, i can only imagine how hard that is! it's cool that u come up with creative ways to encourage his progress - even if u can't always stick to it
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