Chore Charts for Kids from Goal For It {Review}
February 18, 2011 By Clarissa Nassar
I have 2 school aged children and a nearly 1 year old. I need as many tech savvy tools as I can get for FREE to help me. Nowadays kids have it all– laptops, ipods and can even access the internet at school on a regular basis we need to teach them how to use the web for good.
Goal For It is an excellent online resource that provides a variety of free solutions for personal success that are easy to use and can help bring more focus, balance and fulfillment into everyday living. I especially love their simple-to-use Chore Charts and Behavior Charts that help children of all ages learn essential skills in a fun and rewarding way.
The FREE Chore Charts and Behavior Charts impart many important lessons, including:
Responsibility; A Chore Chart is an ideal way to help your kids feel like they are making a contribution to their family by doing their part around the house. Understanding right from wrong; Setting behavior goals is an important way to help children strengthen their character and judgment.
Healthy Habits; Teaching good habits involving nutrition and physical activity are the cornerstone of prevent obesity in children and adolescents.
Money Matters; The optional point system teaches children three important lessons for managing money; earning, spending and saving.
I was able to set up my account in a few easy steps. I created a goal chart for my weight loss and I also created Chore Charts for each of the school aged kids. I like that the site allows you to select which chores to add to the chart. Also, you can add cash incentives to the tasks if you choose. I think that is great because for my 8 year old, there are things that I would love to reward her with cash for such as folding laundry. Even more so I’d love to add my own custom chore of car washing and vaccuming and pay her for that as well. You can create as many of your own custom chores and create badges for them on the site.
Once your child is 13, they can create their own Goal For It account and keep track of their own personal goals and create To-Do lists as well. Parents don’t have to worry about their privacy because children under 18 years of age do not show up in the community or searches. Teaching our kids to actually create their own goals and acheive them on their own is such an important part of parenting.
Overall, the site is a fantastic tool to use for your children. I created my daughters chart with her and let her pick her theme, colors and set up an email alert to her email so she can see where she is at. One thing that I did not like about the site was the look of the site. I don’t think that the logo is very interesting. Also, I don’t like the flow of the homepage. I would like to see more visual “eye candy” when I go to the site. Right away, my kids were uninterested when we went to the site and it took a little time to poke around to get to the “fun” images for them.
I would love for you to visit http://www.goalforit.com and check out their solutions for yourself.
About Clarissa:
About the Author:Clarissa Nassar has been blogging since 1999 when she started her own company. Her desire to create a business for herself was something she felt was the answer to her lifelong yearning to do something BIG. Although her career started off slowly, in 2006 with the birth of her 2nd child things started to take shape into what is now known as The Posh Parent & Company. Clarissa’s career took another huge leap in 2008 when she uprooted from Southern California to upstate New York with her husband and children. Being a stay at home mom allowed Clarissa time to develop her company into something even greater. She began gaining attention as her handmade blankets were being gifted to celebrities such as Jessica Alba, Tori Spelling, Nicole Richie and Gwen Stefanie to name a few. She decided to blog her journey and little did she know, this blog opened up new and even more wonderful doors to her calling.
Today, Clarissa is a well known blogger and has contributed to several online sites such as MomDot, Due Maternity, Womb to Bloom, Boutique Flair, Aspiring Couture and more.
Her extensive experience in sales & marketing plus her natural poise and effervescent personality have made her a triple threat in the blogosphere. She has worked with top companies such as Medela as a Breastfeeding Maven. Also, as a Glamour Magazine Glambassador for the Upstate New York area. She also holds one of the coveted spots as an official blogger for Sam's Club. One of her most recent honors was being named Miss April in the upcoming Hot Bloggers Calendar for 2011.
Clarissa is currently working as a freelance writer, she is a regular contributor to the 360PR Mom Squad’s Trendletter which goes out to hundreds of marketers quarterly. You can read her blog at http://www.theposhpreneur.com
Thank you Clarissa and Wendy! I can't wait to check out the site and spend a little time there with the kids! If it's anything us busy mom's need it's organization. And to keep them goal oriented, awesome! <3 you both!
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