Sticker chart for 4-year-olds
How to run a sticker chart for a 4-year-old: the steps, pitfalls and real numbers, about 80 points a week at 4.
Setting it up
- Pick two or three jobs, no more
- Draw a row per job with a box for each day
- Add the sticker straight after the job, not at bedtime
- Agree the reward for a full row before you start
- Swap in a new job once one is a habit
What to watch for
- Rows too long to finish before they lose interest
- Taking stickers off as a punishment
- Rewards that cost more than the chart is worth
The numbers at 4
- Points a week
- 80
- Small reward
- 10 points
- Medium reward
- 40 points
- Big reward
- 160 points
- Saving goal
- 400 points
The system suits ages 3 to 6. Numbers come from a typical week of jobs at 4, at 5 points for a daily job and 10 for a weekly one.
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Point numbers are worked out from a typical week of jobs at each age. The guide text is drafted with AI from these numbers and checked automatically before it is published.