Using Goal Charts to Motivate Children



Motivating kids and instilling on them the value of learning is a tough job. With our first-born, Kuya V, he'd prefer to play than study most specially if he sees his siblings busy with toys.

A few years back, we used reward tickets as a tool for motivating him. It worked for a few weeks only.

We had to navigate our school years with different strategies every now and then to make things work. We follow his learning pace, but quite frankly minsan sarap na syang itulak. LOL! 

I got this goal chart last year from a pasaBUY in US with fellow homeschoolers. We were not able to use it right away since we were still OK with our homeschool.

In the last quarter of 2017, we have noticed that Kuya V would work harder (and faster!) on his homeschool lessons if we give him goals and rewards. And out of storage the goal chart went.

For each goal he completes, he gets a flower (panget drawing ko, I know!). And for every 25 goals he completes, he gets a reward. We need to celebrate tiny victories, right? Mini goals for him to reach.

On Goal #25, a drawer of toys was unconfiscated (I confiscate toys and refrain him from using screentime as punishment for bad behavior).

On Goal #50, another box of toys was unconfiscated (obvious na ba madalas ako nag confiscate? Principal ang peg. Haha!)

On Goal #75, we celebrated this mini victory with ice cream. Got him and his sister some ice cream from the nearest sari sari store.

And when he reaches his #100 goal, we promised to buy him a toy. He is excited to finish his goals soon so he can get that elder dragon he was eyeing on at the toy store.

There are days that he'd finish 3 goals, and there were days that he'd only accomplish one. The tasks are presented to him and it is up to him to finish them so he can get a flower on his goal chart. Nasa sa kanya ang gulong. Para na din namin sya binibigyan ng kalayaan at responsibilidad para sa kanyang sariling mga katungkulan. And I think that works for us because he has a strong personality and he likes being involved in the decision-making.

This is how we homeschool. 

Comments

  1. Great blog 😘😘😘

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  2. Ang galing..ako momshie ngbbigay din ng reward gya ngayon po may tula sila sv ng teacher nya di dw po tumula pro naexpect ko na xa kc sv ko bka mahiya ksi utal mgsalita pro sv ni teacher ng gyhan dw nung cnv ng isa na ayaw ayaw na tumula ng krmihan..sv ko sa panganay q na c yael pag tumula xa bbili ko xa ng spiderman..hehe..kya ngayon hbang wlang psok khit ngllaro xa cnisingit ko na anak tula ka nga nakkatula nmn kahit pautal utal sv ko sa knya wag xa mhihiya pgnkatula ka bbili kita spiderman na gusto mo..excited nmn po xa and hoping po na mktula xa...senxa n po nphaba ang comment..😊😊😊

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  3. Nice idea momshie.. Ganyan din ako sa panganay ko ngayon everytime na mag eexam xa or my activity sila sa school, my deal kami pag ka ok ang exam niya itreat ko siya sa jollibee.. Or kung my toy siya na gusto bibilihin ko.. Katulad ngayon ilang days na walang pasok gumagawa ako ng mga sasagutan niya yung mga napag aralan na nila then sasagutan niya. . Para kahit sa bahay siya hnd malimutan un last na lesson nila.. Thank for sharing momshie 😊😊

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