Discipline System: How to make the chore board

Finally, what you've been waiting for: directions for how to make the Chore Board part of The Building Brows Discipline System. It takes a little time to make the board (just like it took to write these directions), but it is well worth it.

The Building Brows Chore Board

What you will need:

• A cork board at least 16" high x 20" wide usable space. (See also the cardboard option below.)
  
• Long pencil
  
• Compass with the long pencil (see picture below)
  
• 12" ruler
  
• Black permanent marker
• Colored pushpins
  

Optional materials:

• Cardboard boxes thick enough for pushpins as a cork board alternative.
  
• Instead of a compass, four circular containers of varying sizes. Be sure the sizes are each about a half inch apart and that they will fit on your cork board.
• Unlined paper or sticker paper (available in the computer printer specialty paper section)

Directions:

1. At about half-way up the left (or right) side of the cork board, measure 8" into the cork. Try to level it with the bottom and top of the board.
   
2. From 7.5" to 8.5" pencil in a line as level as possible with the top and bottom of the board.
3. Measure the board top to bottom at about the center of the pencil line.
   
4. Mark the center with an inch line to cross the first line. This cross will be a reference point later.
   
5. Put a pushpin hole where the two lines meet. This is the center of the DONE bull's-eye.
6. Using your compass, measure 1" out from the center hole, and make a circle.
7. Repeat with another circle 3.5" from the center hole.
   
8. Draw a third circle 6" from the center hole.
   
9. Draw the last circle 7.5" from the center hole.
10. To split the board in half, align the ruler on the horizontal cross line in the center. Extend the line to the outside edges of the board starting from the center ring (not the center of the DONE bull's-eye).
11. Repeat the above step with the perpendicular cross line in the center to make four slices (minus the points).
12. To split the first four slices into eight, align the ruler with the outside end points of one slice. Mark the center point with a dot.
13. Align the ruler with the center hole and the dot. Draw a line from the center ring (not the center hole) to the outside ring.
14. Repeat step 13 with the other slices until the board has eight even slices.
15. Trace the pencil marks with permanent marker.
16. Label the sections with chores. You can use words or pictures drawn directly on the board or on sticker paper or regular paper glued to the board. You may also want to cut pictures from magazines, or use printed clip art. Include your children in this step to help them embrace the chore board.

Notes:

• Use the Chore Board picture above for visual reference when making your board.
  
• Save the right (or left) side of the board for the privilege ladder that I'll talk about in a future post.
• There are various ways to make the chore board:
• Using a cork board with colored pushpins as the pegs (You may want to start with an inexpensive board to see if this system works for your family before investing in a self-healing cork board. Or go right to a self-healing board if you want to save yourself from redrawing the chore board within a year.)
  
• Use doubled cardboard with pushpins as the pegs. (short lived)
  
• Make the chore board on large paper and laminate it, then use colored projector pens to assign chores with a dot which can be wiped off with a damp tissue. Keep pens by the board for kids to mark the DONE bull's-eye in their color when they complete a chore. (Use colors that will match pushpins.)

If you have questions about any of these directions, please post a comment.


Read how to use this easy chore board system

---

Tech Tags: chores ~ chore board ~ discipline system ~ chore chart

Ice Rocket Tags: parenting ^ kids ^ chores ^ board ^ discipline ^ brow ^ family

---