Product Name: Melissa and Doug Deluxe Magnetic
Responsibility Chart
Rating: 9
Where to Buy: http://www.amazon.com
Description: An activity board that comes with 134 magnets for
behaviors and awards. Includes a dry erase board and is made of
wood. For children ages 3 and older.
Review: What a great idea. An activity board that gives my
children a fun way to see what responsibilities they have and
the rewards they receive for doing them. Believe it or not, it
DOES work.
The chart is very well made and durable. I like that because
we are using it all the time. We set up the chores or
responsibilities for the week. The kids check it often and get
great pleasure out of being able to put their magnets on the
things they have completed.
We use the dry erase board to leave little messages to each
other too. For instance, if one of them does a chore they don’t
really like to do early in the week I will write them a note
about a job well done. They might write one back that says
"Thanks" or "I knew I could do it." We have a lot of fun with
it. It also takes some of the pressure off the kids by being
able to communicate in this fun way.
It’s pretty colorful and because of that it draws the
attention of my younger child. He’s not much into being able to
read what his chores are yet, but he still knows his name is
there and that he has things he has to do. He’ll check it out a
couple of times a day and when he’s completed a chore like
picking up his toys he gets a kick out of putting his magnet on
the board.
This has helped a lot in showing my children they have
responsibilities too. It has helped to teach them that if they
do what is expected of them they will be rewarded. The
accomplishment makes them feel good about themselves. I will
keep this chart around for a long time and when the kids are
grown and have children of their own we’ll see they all have
one too.
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