Can anyone talk me through making a reward chart?

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I'm so not very arts and crafty but want to give it a go, anything is worth a shot at the moment.
My sweet pickle has turned into such a defiant little monster, esp at school and I need to try something.

She is 5 yrs old and has special needs so can't read and stuff.

So I need clear pictures and a simple design but something brigt and fun.

I've seen the ones that ELC sell online but I don't think they are very appropriate from what I can see, the rewards don't seem to be things that would work.

So, where do I start?

A big white board, and where do I get piucs from, and how do I stick them onto boiard.

Oh look I really am clueless!

Simple clear star charts are good, you don't need fancy/complicated ones. You could make your own, with her help, which might make her feel more involved in it.

Draw up a grid on a big piece of colourful paper, one square for every day of the week. Get her to pick stickers stars, animals, fairies, smileys, whatever she likes at Woolies, and she gets to stick one on when she's done the right thing. When she gets a predetermined number she can get a small treat, hot chocolate or lolly or whatever. But often the sticker and the look of the chart and your praise is satisfying enough.

The more you involve her in the chart, the more she'll bear it in mind. Talk about it and how it work while drawing it up and at bedtime and stuff like that.

My dd's still just wee, but as a teacher I've done lots of these! You can either break the day up into sections eg getting dressed, morning, lunch etc or pick about two desirable behaviours.

The first system works by giving a sticker or token for each time slot when your daughter behaves well. The second way works by giving a sticker or token each time you see her doing the right thng. Phrase it right (in a positive 'I share my toys' way and you can use it as a reminder and as praise. Either way It would be a good idea to start by acting out what you want and praise it lots when you see it.

Draw up a grid for stickers / tokens. Good old blutak is good for sticking things onto a white board or you can get a strip of velcro and velcro things on. A cheap laminator can help make pictures more durable.
You can get simple line drawings from here . Otherwise a google image search can be productive. Stickers are good, just use simple nice ones your daughter will like.

It might be worth having a chat with your daughter's teacher to see if they already do something like this, or to set it up at school at the same time as at home.

Thank you so much.

i just printed off a new one each week. i used this one!

Thank you