One thing I am not good at is remembering when I assigned a job, if it was done, if it needed to be done again, if someone needed to have another job since they didn't do the first one well, etc. I still can't remember much of it, but I have finally figured out an easy reward / discipline system I thought I would pass on.
We were given a bunch of "Tickets" that the church was getting rid of. You could buy those rolls of tickets, or just cut up paper, whichever works best for you. At the beginning of the week, each child gets 10 tickets. I write their initial on the back of it. If they do not do a job I have asked them to do, they hand me a ticket. I cross out the initial so it can be used again.
Each ticket is worth $.25. Or they can trade some for extra computer time. Or staying up late. Or extra toppings on ice cream sundae night. (I even said that 100 tickets can be turned in for a day off school.)
If they do after meal chores exceptionally quickly the whole family earns an extra ticket each. If they go exceptionally slowly they all lose one. Set a successful mousetrap? Ticket. Change a poopy diaper? Ticket.
This is an easy way for us all to keep track of things. They keep their tickets, and I am no longer responsible for remembering everything. Which is a win win situation all around. They way outnumber me, you know.
It's something that Works for Me!
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Hi new friend. :) This is clever. I like the ticket idea! But I still don't understand how it helps you remember what you told them to do. Can you help clarify? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI was visiting your site. I enjoyed reading some of your posts! What a great idea with the tickets to!
ReplyDeleteBest Life... well, maybe I should have been clearer. I still forget what I told them to do, but maybe they are just more apt to do it if they get a ticket at the end? Not sure. I'll have to pay better attention to it and see why it works or not.
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