reward chart

Sticker motivation board

A reward chart is a visual tracking system, typically for children, where stickers or marks record progress toward a goal.

Parents use them to encourage behaviors like completing chores, brushing teeth, or staying in bed: If you fill up your reward chart, you get to pick a movie.

The accumulated visual progress motivates continued effort.

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  • stickerAdhesive-backed paper or plastic
  • gold starSmall achievement marker
  • starLuminous astronomical object
  • goldElement seventy-nine
  • behaviorManner of conducting oneself

good behavior · incentive · positive reinforcement · chore · progress · goal · tracking · motivation · praise · achievement · points · checklist · magnet · fridge · routine · daily · weekly · toddler

Categories
Opposites
behavioral reinforcement type

reward chartdemerit system

Tracking infractions via points

incident report · warning system · naughty list · black marks · disciplinary record

motivational approach

reward chartnegative reinforcement

Learning via relief provision

loss of privileges · grounding · corporal punishment · natural consequences · logical consequences

motivational philosophy

reward chartintrinsic motivation

Desire from within oneself

self-directed learning · natural consequences · Montessori method · unschooling · free-range parenting

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G