The Mom I Want to Be

Here’s a simple discipline tool you can use with your little one. Create a simple chart using the supplies listed below.

 

Ask your child, in the morning, what kind of day they want to have: Green=Happy (obedient), Yellow=So-So (warning), Red=Sad (disobedient).

 

When they tell you “Happy”(assuming they will), place the green happy face in the square. During your day, as your child is either being obedient, or needs a warning, etc. you place the appropriate circle in the square.

 

 

Now, I realize this may not work for all children. Some could care less about circles and happy faces. However, there are those children for whom this project works like a charm and would do “anything” not to get a red sad face in their square. You can also adapt this idea, by associating a reward or discipline with each happy or sad faces. Ideally, every child should start and end their day with a happy smiling face, both on and off the chart, but this is not always the case in real life. Just a tool I thought I would pass along to you to help you along life’s journey with children!

 

~Small white poster board,

~Construction paper/cardstock in red, yellow, green,

~Black sharpie

~Velcro dots (adhere to undersides of circles)