Our "Moolah Chart"

Our "Moolah Chart" helps me greatly in the organization of our school days.

Dots= 10 cents
Lines= $1











The first thing I do each school morning is ask Chloe if her hair is brushed, shoes are on, teeth are brushed, bed is made, and homework is done. I then put the appropriate number of dots for each chore on her section of the board. Then I move on to each of the other children.

On Fridays the children can earn the big money:
If their math grades for the week average an 'A', they earn $3; a 'B' earns $2, and a 'C' earns $1.
Spelling tests work like this: 100% earns $3, an 'A' earns $2, and a 'B' earns $1.

Some 'dot values' change. For example, when this picture was taken, the chores of making the bed and doing the homework were worth "two dots" (20 cents) each. Now they are worth only one dot apiece.

Sometimes we add temporary "dot plans". For example, this week we are working on the habit of speaking gently. So, this week whenever a person is caught using a mean tone of voice, that person loses a dot. If I'm caught not speaking gently, the person who catches me gets an extra dot.

Whenever I get the chance, I condense a child's ten dots into a dollar "line" in order to read their totals more easily.

The dots and lines are used like credit with me. For example, if we are driving past Sonic and someone wants to spend some of their Moolah on a milkshake, we stop and purchase it. The next morning I deduct the equivalent amount of lines/dots.