Talk to me about reward charts

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Ds 3, pretty well behaved, but has his moments of not sharing, crying at ridiculous things(mr bloom coming on tv!?) etc
Want to encourage his good behaviour so are reward charts the way forward?
For those of you who have found them useful what kind of good behaviour did you reward? Did you set up a chart for a daily basis?
I have the paper and the stickers just no clue how to set it out
TIA

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For a 3 year old you're going to have to keep it pretty simple. How about putting 3 things on the chart to start with and a box for each day. He gets a sticker in the box when he does whatever it is

eg gets dressed without a fuss, puts his toys away before bedtime or whatever you want to target.

Good idea to get him involved in designing it - maybe drawing some pictures etc. It doesn't matter what you do, as long as he can see the result of his good behaviour - have a goal to aim for eg if he gets 20 stickers this week, you will take him on a trip to x, buy him a y, let him z - whatever you think will motivate him.

I don't like them personally as they can stop children from being intrinsically rewarded ( ie doing something good because it makes them feel good) makes them expect to be rewarded and if the child is rewarded then does something silly, you still need to give the reward which can be confusing. I'd only use them if there was a specific issue that needed addressing and I couldn't address it any other way. Verbal praise is usually enough at this age :)

I've done a reward chart for 3yr and found it very effective. It was for bedtimes, so a specific behaviour/chain of behaviours rather than a general "daily behaviour" type chart. I combined it with making a picture chart of what was expected at bedtime (teeth, PJs etc), we used it for a few weeks and it worked really well. Once behaviour was consistently better I gradually phased it out. Bedtimes are a lot less screamy now

Thanks for the tips, he's starting nursery next week so might wait and see if things improve and then go from there

We have just introduced one at the same time as a Gro Clock. If DD stays in bed until the sun comes on the screen, she gets a sticker. 10 stickers make a present - a new book or something. It's going very well, much better than I thought it would. I think they need to be for a specific thing though in order for little ones to really understand them - teeth brushing, bedtime etc.