My 3 year old has a bit of a problem with authority. In short, she's a brat.
While at Wal-Mart today buying dog food, I managed to come across a "chore chart" for kids. I picked it up and the way it works is that they do 5 chores every day for a month and at the end of the month if they've done it all they get to have a prize.
We filled out her chart with her chores and so far today she's done well.
Her chores are 1.) Pick up her toys before bed time 2.) Feed the puppy 3.) Put her laundry in the hamper at bath time 4.) Clear her plate into the garbage at dinner time and 5.) Help Mommy put her laundry away. Nothing too hard. She's still little.
I'm a little worried that it's only been working today, though, because it's new. Does anyone have experience with this thing? How can I keep her excited about doing it?
:-P
2007-05-28 10:21:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
i had a chore chart when i was little. i got stickers everyday when i did them and she would take me to toys r us at the end of every month. it worked back then but today i'm extremely lazy.
2007-05-28 10:28:45 · answer #1 · answered by Mariaboo. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the sticker idea is a good one. Allow her to place them on the chart herself.
Everytime she completes a day of chores, then reward her with something small. Say an extra story at bedtime, or whatever you deem appropriate for her. No one knows her better than you do. Come up with small things that might motivate her to stay interested in what's happening on that chart.
Good luck! I'd love to hear how this works out.
2007-05-28 10:32:54 · answer #2 · answered by Firespider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rewards, little ones, at the end of each week. Coloring book and crayons, a day at the beach. The reward system in conjunction with a chore chart works miracles!
Good luck to you dear.
2007-05-28 10:32:02 · answer #3 · answered by Sr. Mary Holywater 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me tell you what my mom did many years ago to me and my sisters. She made some "get up and go." She told us it was magic and if she put some in our cereal it would give us oodles of energy to clean our room. It worked, of course. And years later she told me it was only water with blue food color!
2007-05-28 10:30:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol no. my mom has tried that with me and my siblings multiple times. it worked for like a day but when the younger kids saw i wasn't helping they were like screw it. theres 7 kids in my family so its pretty hard to get us to all listen.
2007-05-28 10:29:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when they are little they work good
2007-05-28 10:30:31 · answer #6 · answered by Derby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋