S/O: Setting rewards for sticker charts

FieryIrishAngel

I've found that my daughter responds well to sticker charts when I'm trying to get her to change some negative behavior, and I'd like to keep the charts going.  She gets very excited by the stickets, but I'd also like to build in the options for "rewards" that tie to the number of stickers she earns.

If you do this in your home, would you mind explaining it to me?  I'm having trouble sorting out the details of how long she should "collect" stickers before deciding a reward and what kind of rewards correlate to what number of stickers.

Really I'm just a doofus and can't hammer down the details of how I want this to work, so please inspire me!

n&bcarlson

I think it kind of depends on the behavior you are looking to change, as well as the age, but personally I would say not to go more than a week before she could potentially earn a reward.  So if it's something like brushing her teeth every night before bed, she can earn one sticker per day, and maybe if she has at least 5 stickers in a week, she gets a small reward (some temporary tattoos, a sparkly princess ring) with something better for 7 stickers (a princess figurine from the dollar store).  If it's a constant behavior you're working on or something she could earn multiple stickers per day for (for example, when a child is potty training, she could earn a sticker every time she went successfully on the potty, or if you are working on saying please instead of whining that could happen many times in a day), then I'd suggest buying a bag of little rewards ahead of time and starting with 5 stickers to earn a reward.  I'd suggest that once the behavior is really well ingrained, take it off the chart and add something new.  No sense giving a toy every week for a year just for brushing her teeth!

franciscaz

We have 5 daily chores and he gets a smiley each day.  Once he gets 25 smiley's he gets a small reward.  We try to keep the reward attainable and we pump him up when he is getting close.  This way he doesn't tire of doing things.

UsedToBeGoldie

we used sticker charts with Griffin when he was getting into the habit of calling us back to his room 10x's a night after we put him to bed... i made the chart- just a basic grid on paper i drew with marker- and told him if he got 10 stickers he'd get to pick out a prize at the Target dollar spot.... he LOVED it - and it was a few months before we had a night where he called us back in!   he earned MANY prizes So, every 10 days basically.... wasn't always the Target dollar spot- sometimes he'd get some small present from the grocery store, etc...

that was many months ago and it's worn off a bit (he's not so excited about the chart)- but thankfully he doesn't have that habit anymore.... it worked well!