Making a Chore Reward System for Your Second Grader
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At the age of seven or eight, when a child is a second grader, she is more than capable of performing a variety of household tasks and chores. However, when a child is a second grader, she is also not very likely to want to do chores for their own sake. While having a clean house is a reward in itself for doing chores to adults, second graders typically need a little bit more motivation than that to complete their chores. For this reason, many families with a second grader have used a chore reward system.
The main thing about a chore reward system for your second grader is that it helps to turn chores into a positive thing. While a second grader might grumble about having to pick up his socks, hang up his coat, or help dry the dinner dishes, implementing a chore reward system can motivate that second grader to associate his chores with his reward. A chore reward system is one way to get your second grader to help out around the house using a positive means, as opposed to using punishment as a negative way to get your second grader to do chores.
Making a chore reward system for your second grader can be a little challenging at first. To make an effective chore reward system for your second grader, you have to know what exactly it is that motivates your second grader. While older children are often more able to be motivated by money for doing chores, such as in the form of a regular weekly allowance, many second graders just don’t have that much interest in money. It might be that your second grader feels more rewarded for doing her chores if she is allowed to watch some extra television time, for example. If your second-grader is a collector, whether it is collectible cards, rocks, dolls, or anything else, it may be that your chore reward system will simply be a chart that, once the chart has been completed, she can turn in for a new doll or whatever it is that she is into.
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