Jaques London Magnetic Reward Chart Review

So if you follow my insta you will know that we have been struggling with Elian being quite hard work some days. Lots of shouting (from all of us!), not listening, being very loud and over the top, being too rough with Effie, making silly noises (a lot!) and…quite possibly all normal things for an energetic 5 year old boy. But we felt he needed to have a little structure in his day and start focusing on certain tasks to keep him on track in the mornings, so we started using a magnetic reward chart.

Jaques London offered to send us the Magnetic Reward Chart for Kids and I thought this might be a great motivator to help keep Elian focused and to calm down a little. I think he’s too young for pocket money at the moment and I don’t want to start having him relate chores to money…we all live in this house he needs to help keep it clean and tidy now he is old enough.

We were sent the reward chart for review but all words and opinions are my own

Magnetic Reward Chart for kids

The reward chart is bright and colourful and has a lovely bold and clear design. The days of the week are set out across one axis and you can add the tasks/challenges to the other axis. There is a string to hang it up so it is always on show for the kids to see to keep them motivated (Elian often went to count his starts to see how he was doing!) and it comes with 2 wipe off board markers attached to the side so you can easily add in your own tasks and info.

The chart can be used for 2 kids with each having their own section at the top and their own style of counters. One can have stars and the other thumbs up. The top section allows you to add in what reward they will get and how many stars they need in the week to get there…a great motivator to keep them on track.

The set comes with lots of counters to mark off the tasks each day. And also comes with a number set every day tasks you can easily stick in each week, or you can use the board pens to add your own tasks in. You can obviously tailor the tasks to your childs age, abilities and your own households needs and wants.

Elians first 2 weeks using his magnetic reward chart

So we have now been using the chart for 2 full weeks. It’s hung on the fridge door so he can always see it, see what he needs to do and also how he is doing towards his goals which I think helps keep him focused some days.

We have started with some basic everyday routine items for each morning…teeth, making his bed and getting dressed by himself. These used to be just small things I had to ask for him to do multiple times before going to school, but since knowing he gets his star for them he has been making his bed after getting out of it and before he comes downstairs for breakfast. He has been great at going up to do his teeth before school without any fuss. I still have to cajole him a little to get his uniform on in a timely manner and not take ages, but he is doing it most mornings without too much complaining.

The 2 other things we decided to use these first few weeks are “Be Helpful” and “Be Kind”. Be kind is in relation to Effie mostly. He can sometimes be too rough with her, or get possessive over items, or take her toys. So we thought having that as a task might be good for him. The be helpful is for things like tidying up the toys after he and Effie play or small household chores, helping empty the dishwasher, bringing washing downstairs, helping unpack the shopping, etc. Again its just something he sometimes needs more focusing to achieve so I hope the stars would help. You can see on the chart he didn’t do too well on the extra tasks the first few days! lol!

I also allowed extra star for evening teeth as we sometimes get complaints over that! And he can earn an extra helpful star if he does 2 lots of tasks in a day to help us out. You really can tailor the chart t what would work for your family.

Choosing his reward

So when we started it I asked him what he would rather as a reward, something edible or a small toy…he instantly said super things, lol. So I bought a multi pack I could split for these first 2 weeks. We will change the reward this next week but again I will ask him as I think its important that the reward is something he genuinely wants, and its important to involve him in the decision to show him its down to him if he wants the reward.

You also want to chose a figure that is achievable even if they don’t complete all the tasks, otherwise the will lose motivation if it seems unobtainable or if they know after the first 2 days they won’t have enough starts by the weeks end.

What we think of the chart

We are honestly loving using the chart and it is starting to work for us. He actively wants the reward at the end of the week and I think that has been a big motivator to keep him focused and wanting to complete the tasks. He has asked and reminded me numerous times already that he needs a star adding.

We will be trying this with Effie once she is old enough to understand the concept, as I think its a great basic way to get kids focussing on completing tasks especially before school when you are time strapped and trying to get out the door.

Jaques London has loads of great toys for 3 year olds so go check them out

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