Of making this:
Into this:
Why? Because I got tired of my kids not doing what they should do everyday [especially without me reminding them]. Now they can just look at the board and see what they need to do that day. Whatever kid does the chore slides it over to done (or in D's case we just move the D from the bottom to the top), and they get credit. Small sticker for 1 chore; medium sticker for 2 chores; and big sticker for 3 chores. They can do some of them more than once a day, and they can do the ones on the bottom (not shown) for extra credit. They can do as many chores as they want and get as many stickers as they want. (We have them put the stickers on a sheet and when it's full they get a $1 toy). So it's super cost effective.
They do have the bare minimums that they have to do before they get game time. They have to do homework; read; and done at least one other chore. And I kept out some of the behavior ones because let's face it, they have behaviors I want to eliminate. Right now it's on "stop whining" 3/4 of my kids whined VERY little yesterday so they got it.
So day one (yesterday) was a success: Anya did 7/8 chore; Bridgette did 5/8 (not bad considering she's sick); Leilani did 5/8 (better than it's been in the past); and even my little Dete (who's 2) did a couple chores [okay one of those was not whining, but I'll take it!] I hope it keeps going!
