While I was talking to my friend about my son’s credit point system I have put up at home, she suggested to me to share it with my friends in IndusLadies also.
Here is how it goes.
· I started this basically for my elder son from his 6th class.
· I hanged a slate in his room. it has some points on it. let’s say 100 points to start with.
· Whenever he does a good thing some points will add up and we will write them on slate.
· The vice versa will also happen like if he does a wrong thing some points will go off.
For example
credits
· He helped me a lot at home, he behaved very well that day etc all comes under good things
( I was carrying and with small kid. Helping me counts a lot.)
· Of course his education also gives him credits like wherein he gets good marks, good feedback from teachers on parents day meeting etc all comes under credit
Debits
Debit comes into picture when , sometimes if he doesn’t listen to us on very important things, telling lies(only one time). Playing more time on computer than stipulated time, being lazy etc.
One thing i remember the most when we were not there he opened the fridge and removed all the ice with a knife which ultimately made a hole in the freezer box and we had to change it. i removed 100 pts for that.
I must say he is a very good boy and mostly he used to get credits only.
And coming to the next part what does he do with the points?
He can redeem it for anything he wants to buy or to sanction anything for him which he likes etc.
Other ways to get points
He used to bring recommendations also from my parents, my siblings and my father in law, mostly to add points. I had to add some points when they told out of respect.
Now
He finished +2 (senior inter) and still follows the system even if he is staying in hostel now.
Good thing is he mostly redeems all for his fiction and nonfiction books. He is a voracious reader all together. For him just it should be a book whatever it is on doesn’t matter for him to read and wants to buy and also on games CDs.
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I liked your CPS very much. Sure, it is a very god motivator for kids and your idea seems innovative too. I hate people bribing kids with money and goods to get them to do a work or to behave well. Yours is a great way to help kids grow up well. I do not know if any one has been using this style of handling kids but am sure, it would be useful for young moms.
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Malathi
i like your CPSvery much.i will follow this method for my kids.
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latha
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Viji
I wish to clarify few doubts regarding this coz im planning to implement this to my nephews and niece quite soon.
1) Will you put limitations as to what kind of likes ll be sanctioned? In monetary terms like that?
Because if you say anything can be asked they may go beyond our financial limits!
I really admired your son asking only for books. very good.
Thanks once again anvitha. great job you did.
Vijianad you can ask me all the doubts , because I have already implemented it to my elder son. He was basically understanding and never asked anything beyond my limit. also there is one more calculation we followed like. i point is equal to 1 rupee. You can set anything in the beginning itself. let’s say 50 np or 1 rupee etc for elder kids. means if it is 1 rupee ,for 300 points they can ask a games cd like that. if it is 50 np they can ask a 300 rupees worth item only after gaining 600 points.
You can customize as per your possibilities. One more thing i used to involve my son such calculations in the beginning itself. So they will have a feeling that they took the decision for this and we are not forcing all this
I wish to share all of you that my elder son secured a nice rank this year 2011 in his iit jee entrance exams and joined in top most IITs for his B.tech..
Nice post!!
From my personal experience i can also say ...It really works as my hubby & i use the same system(we call it 'sticker board') at home for our 5 yr old.
Its been almost one year we are using it and we have seen great improvement in our son's listening , social, focus & discipline skills which we wanted to improve.
Its a good way to encourage kids and it encourages self motivation in them to do better every next time.
We have a matrix score sheet hanged on wall and for every awesome job/effort he gets an
appreciation sticker and for every ten stickers in a row he gets rewarded , he can choose between a gift/toy or ice cream party(bcos we have absolutely 'no sugar' rule, so occasionally eating
sweets is like a big treat for us.)
We also remove a sticker from the board if he does some thing wrong. I tell him what he did wrong and asks him questions regarding the same and explain the right thing to do in that situation. And
when he understands what went wrong he only goes and removes a sticker from the board with a promise not to repeat the mistake again.
Thanks & Regards
Preeti.
Heartiest Congratulations ! to him & proud parents! from all of us here on IL.
and wishing him all the very best for his bright future. God Bless !!!
I have two kids i do the same from about a month. I make a chart and chore list and fixed points. whenever my children will do that chore he will get the points and at 100 points he will get a star and at the 5 star he will get a reward as his wish. so i see much improvement in them and i put more points in that chore which i want to make habit for them such as prayer, physical activities etc
CPS!!!!! nice idea. Sure I will follow your idea for my kid.
Its really nice method to practice with the kids ....So that it will motivate them in doing good things and to work hard and be successful in life...I will start it from today to have this practice with my kids.
Thank you for sharing with everyone.
Sujatha