There are several sections, and a reward for fulfilling that section, commensurate with the effort required to get there. Many of these rewards are things we would do anyway, but this way he will habituate good behavior along the way.
The pink squares indicate completion and fulfillment of the reward. For example, Lagoon is a roller-coaster and wet ride park here, and it's a BIG DEAL. So Eddie only has one chance to win that, ergo the one pink square in the final space. But we give him lots of chances to get stickers- he gets one every time he completes an instruction the first time.
Talking respectfully gets a trip to the trampoline park at the end of each row.
Doing his five morning chores without being asked gets an activity out of the house with Daddy. (This one has more frequent winning squares since that's such an important thing to do.)
If Eddie tidies his toys or does any cleaning without being asked, he gets to go to Cowabunga Bay, another wet park here. This one is another pretty awesome place, so it only has two winning squares.
Not arguing gets a trip to the pool every 25 squares.
Saying the prayer was always pulling teeth. Now Eddie loves it. He gets to play with a friend after ten times. Again, this is something we frequently do anyway, but we might as well teach good habits while we're at it.
The last section is having good manners without being asked- basically saying, "excuse me", "please" and "thank-you", "sorry", etc.
We're keeping track of all Eddie's earned stickers on our California and will update the chart when we get home. So far so good!
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