Chore charts and accomplishment charts are always a great idea, but finding one for littler people can definitely be a huge challenge. So, when I was contacted to review Behavior Buddies’ Goalkeeper, I realized that this might be the perfect solution for my younger crowd.
Behavior Buddies is the result of two moms’ desire to create visual behavior products for parents to use with their children. These tools are designed to support positive parenting by reinforcing what parents say with kid-friendly illustrations. This can help to increase kids memory, motivation, and compliance.
Both Kim and I are busy working mothers who understand the importance of being consistent and positive when parenting children. But we also understand that, as busy parents, not everyone has the time to plan out and organize a behavior system that young, non-reader, and/or special needs children can easily understand.
The Goalkeeper helps parents and children keep track of the behavior goals they are working on. It uses simple, colorful illustrations that are easy for non-readers to understand, but also includes simple text for young readers.
The Goalkeeper includes 24 illustrated magnets that target some of the most common childhood behavior problems, but we also supply blank magnets so the chart can be customized for any behavior. There are 30 fun “star” magnets to put on the chart when kids are successful. Most importantly, each Goalkeeper comes with a parent handbook that explains it all and makes it easy to get started and get results. Kids love to track their progress on the Goalkeeper!
This product really is perfect for our 5 year old who is struggling at times to grasp some very key concepts preparing him for Kindergarten. This week we have been focusing on Using Manners, Respecting Others’ Space and Picking up After ourselves. He loves looking at the chart and seeing his progress and I like the flexibility of behavior to work on! You will definitely want a different chart for each child!
I’m so excited to see all the new products they have “in the works”! The end of this month, they will start shipping out a very cute Bath Buddy chart that helps children in their quest to be more independent in their personal care. I’m also VERY interested in their upcoming Potty Training chart and their Table Manners chart!!! I can’t wait to see what’s in store for this company!
Be sure to get on their mailing list so that you can be the first to know when their new products are released and get great discount information!!! In the meantime, they have offered my readers a 20% discount through April 30th when you go to THIS LINK!
They are also offering one very lucky commenter the opportunity to win a Behavior Buddies Goalkeeper for your child! To enter, just visit their site and take a look around. Then, come back here and leave a comment telling me what product you love and why.
There are always lots of ways to get extra entries for A Frog In My Soup giveaways! Visit THIS PAGE to see how. This giveaway ends on March 25th and is void where prohibited.
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March 13th, 2009 at 6:46 am 1
I love this idea. It’s a lot more creative and interesting than the charts I make myself.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:10 am 2
Pretty much everything would be very helpful for me to use, especially the bath time buddy.
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March 13th, 2009 at 7:57 am 4
This is great! I like the bath buddy. Visuals really help children to understand what they need to do!
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March 13th, 2009 at 9:21 pm 5
This is great. The Goalkeeper is what interests me the most especially since my husband and I have been making up something similar on our own but have to keep changing things. Thank you for introducing me to this product:
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March 14th, 2009 at 7:42 am 6
I love the goalkeeper, it provides a visual cue as to what behavior is expected, this would be perfect for my 3 year old grandson who is pushing the limits right now
March 14th, 2009 at 8:12 am 7
i like the goalkeeper it would be great for my grandson to follow
March 14th, 2009 at 11:59 am 8
The bath buddy.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:11 pm 9
I love “Bath Buddy” for my students with Autism!
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March 15th, 2009 at 4:53 am 10
goaljeeper for granddaughter who REALLY needs it…
March 15th, 2009 at 6:34 pm 11
Love the Goal Keeper. I’ve been looking for something like this for awhile now.
March 15th, 2009 at 6:36 pm 12
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March 17th, 2009 at 9:19 am 13
Love the Goal Keeper!! Thanks for the chance.
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March 17th, 2009 at 11:30 am 14
Love the Bath Buddy
March 19th, 2009 at 6:24 am 15
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March 20th, 2009 at 12:16 pm 16
Goal Keeper is an awesome product … think it will really help make progress with my 3 yr old twin boys. Wish the Potty Training and Table Manners were available now!
March 20th, 2009 at 10:49 pm 17
I like the bath buddy because it’s a good teaching tool for questions
March 21st, 2009 at 9:55 pm 18
I love the GoalKeeper! We have several different problems we’re working on, so this would be perfect!
March 21st, 2009 at 10:45 pm 19
Hi Shera! I am so glad I found your blog again! You gave me a beautiful design a year or so ago that I won in a blog contest. And I had lost track of your blog… So glad you are still keeping on with your great posts! And fantastic products – this would be a very cool resource – I have a 3, 4, and 8 year old – can I have one for each?
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March 22nd, 2009 at 3:40 pm 20
I love the Bath Buddy-my 5 year old sometimes forgets to wash certain areas-this would be perfect for him to really be able to “by himself”.
March 22nd, 2009 at 11:50 pm 21
I would love to have the Goalkeeper! My son just finished potty training in just 2 days because of a reward chart, this would work great for him to remember to do certain things -like close the bathroom door! (He’s only been potty trained for about 2 weeks)
March 23rd, 2009 at 4:20 pm 22
I love the bath buddy!
March 23rd, 2009 at 8:41 pm 23
Goalkeeper would be great for my little bro with ADHD, to encourage him to do better.
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March 23rd, 2009 at 11:46 pm 24
I love the bath buddy
March 24th, 2009 at 3:45 am 25
I would love the chance to win, thanks.
March 24th, 2009 at 6:51 am 26
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March 24th, 2009 at 7:22 am 27
just to cool
March 24th, 2009 at 8:30 am 28
I loved the idea of the bath buddy. It makes bathing fun while it is a learning experience also. Great site.
March 24th, 2009 at 9:44 am 29
I LOVE this idea. I really like the goalkeeper. We are also trying to get my 5 yr old son ready for kindergarten. The first things we would work on are: Pick up my things, Listen the first time and Keep my hands to myself.
March 24th, 2009 at 10:21 am 30
This would be great for our daughter!
March 24th, 2009 at 11:52 am 31
I love the goalkeeper idea! And I love that it is magnetic! I have a 4 year old and we are really having such a difficult time with her behavior! This would do wonders!!
March 24th, 2009 at 12:05 pm 32
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March 24th, 2009 at 12:11 pm 33
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March 24th, 2009 at 3:48 pm 37
The bath buddy!!! It would be nice to have so that when he is ready to bathe by himself we know he has a little reminder…
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March 24th, 2009 at 4:56 pm 38
I like the Behavior Buddies Goalkeeper Best. I would use it to encourage my daughter to earn a reward for a movie night out. The Bath Buddy is cute but she’s almost 6 and has bathing pretty much under her belt.
March 24th, 2009 at 4:58 pm 39
I like the Goalkeeper best for keeping track of my grandchildren while they visit. They tend to run wild
March 24th, 2009 at 6:33 pm 40
I really love the goalkeeper. I think it would help my son to have a visual reminder! Thanks for the chance.
March 24th, 2009 at 7:35 pm 41
the bath buddy
March 24th, 2009 at 10:13 pm 42
The goalkeeper is a really great idea. My mom used to have a cork board that she made a similar homemade version of a goalkeeper. I loved it as a kid, it made chores and other things fun and rewarding.
March 24th, 2009 at 10:14 pm 43
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March 25th, 2009 at 7:00 am 44
I like the Bath Buddy! My daughter is happy to play in the tub, but actually getting her clean (especially her hair) is a struggle. She’d enjoy this.
March 25th, 2009 at 8:27 am 45
I love this idea.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:49 am 46
I love the Bath Buddy, it’s a great idea since kids don’t like to be told what to do! This makes it so much easier!
March 25th, 2009 at 12:14 pm 47
I love the Goalkeeper.. it would be perfect for my daughter
March 25th, 2009 at 12:45 pm 48
I love the Goalkeeper idea! I have 2.5 year old twins who are starting the terrible twos, and I think this would be a great way to start getting things under control!
March 25th, 2009 at 4:57 pm 49
bath buddy!!
March 25th, 2009 at 5:42 pm 50
I love the Bath Buddy… what a great way to ensure your child is clean!
March 26th, 2009 at 12:32 am 51
I love the Bath Buddy because it sounds very useful!