http://www.abchomepreschool.com/PreschoolEducationBlog/2007/06/22/kids-chores/ Preschool Education - Preschool Activities, Articles, Tips and Ideas for Pre-K Learning. We offer Everything Preschool. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:22:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.abchomepreschool.com/PreschoolEducationBlog/2007/06/22/kids-chores/comment-page-1/#comment-909 lchadder Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:00:36 +0000 http://www.abchomepreschool.com/PreschoolEducationBlog/2007/06/22/kids-chores/#comment-909 It all comes down to channelising their energies that contributes to a happy and healthy childhood. And what better way to get them do their chores by giving them responsibilities and rewarding them with cash or kind. My kids are 7 and 3. When it came to chores, I just browsed the net and found some chore charts (my kids liked the designs in the website kidrewardzone). We filled up the chores and columns to mark a star in each chore. There is a minus for each negative behavior, like tantrums, not using dustbins for trash, and so on. They would get bucks for each star minus each negative mark. A trip to the park on Saturday, if BOTH get all the stars (here I don't count the negatives)for the week. Now, there are no arguments, yelling, and shouting. Its only "YAAAAYYY..." It all comes down to channelising their energies that contributes to a happy and healthy childhood. And what better way to get them do their chores by giving them responsibilities and rewarding them with cash or kind.
My kids are 7 and 3. When it came to chores, I just browsed the net and found some chore charts (my kids liked the designs in the website kidrewardzone). We filled up the chores and columns to mark a star in each chore. There is a minus for each negative behavior, like tantrums, not using dustbins for trash, and so on. They would get bucks for each star minus each negative mark. A trip to the park on Saturday, if BOTH get all the stars (here I don’t count the negatives)for the week. Now, there are no arguments, yelling, and shouting. Its only “YAAAAYYY…”

]]> http://www.abchomepreschool.com/PreschoolEducationBlog/2007/06/22/kids-chores/comment-page-1/#comment-812 Rachel Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:03:39 +0000 http://www.abchomepreschool.com/PreschoolEducationBlog/2007/06/22/kids-chores/#comment-812 My preschool-aged boys responded very well to a chore chart and reward system. Their chores are getting dressed, making their bed, putting their dishes in the sink, picking up toys, putting pajamas on, and brushing teeth before bed. My preschool-aged boys responded very well to a chore chart and reward system. Their chores are getting dressed, making their bed, putting their dishes in the sink, picking up toys, putting pajamas on, and brushing teeth before bed.

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