I was thinking about how much Eloise loves to get stickers one day and came up with the idea of a sticker chart for her. To help entice her into doing little things that later on in life she will not get anything for besides a compliment . What will I have her do? What chores are acceptable for a 2 year old.? What would I like her to work on? I wrote out everything and ended up with a list of ideas. That night I talked with Travis and we decided what Eloise will earn stickers for. On the chart we chose listening,helping,sleeping in her own bed, eating at the table, picking up her toys ,using the potty. After she gets this chart full we will start onto another chart with some taken off and new ones added as she has been awesome with catching on and doing what is expected of her.
listening we choose to use listening as one of the first columns in her chart as Eloise is pretty good at doing what's she is told but then she also loves to ignore you on purpose its her selective listening I completely understand I have it too when it comes to someone wanting me to do something when I am interested in what I am doing but she was spiteful about not listening she would ignore you with no eye contact and would smile when you repeated yourself but would not do what was asked if she didn't feel the need to. the first time I showed her the chart and then said Eloise every time you listen to mom or any adult and do what your told you will get a sticker well she caught on quick first thing I asked was er to take her plate to kitchen she did it then went and stood at her chart till I gave her a sticker. After a month of this chart being up her listening skills are 75% better she even doesn't wait or insist on stickers any more for listening and following directions.
Helping is a huge thing in my family's values its always nice to lend a helping hand .so why not teach her to help but also reward her for it with something simple for now then later on just that saying thank you will be a great reward which she is already happy with just a thank you for helping. helping to me for Eloise is when she switches laundry or puts stuff in the garbage when asked or her random helping acts like when she grabs the broom and sweeps my floor for me or tries to scoop the kitty litter she's also great at picking up after herself she puts dishes away in sink when done she tries to feed the cats and she does try to fold and put away laundry. I find that using this sticker chart has helped her appreciate helping people and has gotten her to help around the house more. I am not making my daughter actually clean my house just teaching her to help and learn so that when she older she can do it on her own.
Eating at her table now that she hasn't been in her high chair since she was 15 months and eating at the table was a struggle as she would get up and leave then go back or she would switch tables. or want to eat where ever she was playing so we figured it would not hurt to try.after using the chart for a month she now sits at her table and eats her whole meal and if she decides she needs a break she will leave her table push the chair in and then go back to finish her meal when she is ready. I am so pleased she now when I am scooping her food goes right to her table and sits and waits. When she's done she puts her dishes in sink and then most times she will wipe her table off herself such a great little helper.
picking up her toys In our house Eloise has toys in her bedroom but also we have little stations through out the apartment set up in areas for her to play. She is an only child with a huge family so some say she's spoiled. I say well loved and has lots of toys so that its only fitting to teach her to clean up when she is done playing before she moves onto the next toy . Eloise is really great at already doing this so we decided to add this to the chart as a bonus she's always been so helpful with picking up her own toys.but this makes it fun and rewarding.
Sleeping in her own bed. we co sleep at night but for her naps and first half of the night she sleeps in her toddler bed which she got for her first birthday as she wouldn't stop climbing out of the crib so she got her big girl bed but its still kinda to small so she likes to come into our bed and take over the queen size bed so now getting a sticker for staying in her own bed is a huge deal for her and she is so proud when I reward her with a sticker for staying in her own bed.
Using the potty Eloise gets a sticker every time she uses the potty. She's been fully potty trained since January but was not trained while out till we started this chart. After a week of using this sticker chart Eloise decided to refuse a diaper when out and use the toilets. Before she was to nosy watching her surroundings to say she needed to go to the bathroom. it is like the sticker chart was the boost of confidence she needed she also gets more then one sticker for every time she uses the potty when out.
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