✨ This is NOT your typical clip chart! ✨ Before you get mad—hear me out! My Star Chart only moves UP ⭐️, never down. At the beginning of the year, intrinsic motivation hasn’t fully developed yet. I use this to explicitly teach and reinforce the behaviors I want in my classroom—kindness, hard work, helping, and teamwork. Sometimes I move individual students up, and other times it’s the whole class. It builds positive habits and sets clear expectations. As the year progresses, we taper it off as t

Today I’m remaking my Star Chart⭐✨ Here’s how I put it together: I tape full sheets of construction paper horizontally—purple, green, blue, and orange—with a star on top, then laminate it for durability. Each student gets a clothespin with their name that will move up the chart as they show positive behavior. I know behavior systems can be controversial, but this one works beautifully in my preschool classroom because it’s rooted in positivity and growth. At the beginning of the year, it starts