I won this app from http://www.random-dealz.com/ a couple weeks ago and let me tell you it's the best prize I have won in a long time!! It was easy to set up and you can customize it so it fits your household! I was having a hard time getting my kids to do chores around the house- just little stuff like put away their clothes. They are 10 and 7 1/2 so they are old enough to do somethings around the house. Now they fight on who is going to do what! So I had to assign morning tasks for one and night time tasks for the other. I don't push it either- if they want the points they do the chore if they don't want the points then they don't have to!
When I first set it up I was thinking the newness would wear off in a week or so but they are still going strong. They are both going towards the goal of the DATE WITH MOM, which is the highest reward :)! I also put homework and reading as chores (even though I didn't have to fight them to these) I wanted them to get points for these tasks as well. During the winter break homework/reading was assigned but this time they are actually doing it without the "ohh's and aww's not now mom"
The best thing is my house is CLEAN and I got help! Every morning they check the list and through out the day do their chores. They don't get points if I already did the chore though. The only thing they haven't been doing is the dishes chore...darn because that is my least favorite chore. But hey I'm just super excited their rooms are clean :)
I also put on a behavior chore- be nice to sibling worth 3 points. With the winter break they are fighting like cat and dogs! So lets see if this works, just put it on there today.
If you want to more info check out http://www.nannek.com/chorepad.html
When I first set it up I was thinking the newness would wear off in a week or so but they are still going strong. They are both going towards the goal of the DATE WITH MOM, which is the highest reward :)! I also put homework and reading as chores (even though I didn't have to fight them to these) I wanted them to get points for these tasks as well. During the winter break homework/reading was assigned but this time they are actually doing it without the "ohh's and aww's not now mom"
The best thing is my house is CLEAN and I got help! Every morning they check the list and through out the day do their chores. They don't get points if I already did the chore though. The only thing they haven't been doing is the dishes chore...darn because that is my least favorite chore. But hey I'm just super excited their rooms are clean :)
I also put on a behavior chore- be nice to sibling worth 3 points. With the winter break they are fighting like cat and dogs! So lets see if this works, just put it on there today.
If you want to more info check out http://www.nannek.com/chorepad.html
