How to Create a Calendar Chart to Calculate 60 Days
After promising to take your children to an amusement park if they did all their chores for 60 days, you realize you need to make a calendar chart to track their efforts. There is no better way to show your kids you mean what you say than by creating a visual reminder of what they need to do and the reward for doing it. Place it where they can see it on a daily basis and mark successful days by placing happy face stickers on them.
Things You'll Need
- Microsoft Publisher
- Poster board
- Markers
- Ruler
- Calendar
- Stickers
Instructions
Microsoft Publisher
Select the option "Publications for Print." Click the word "Calendars" from the list of options running down the left side of your computer screen. Decide if you want a full size calendar or a wallet size. Click the corresponding option. Consider where you want to put the calendar before choosing one. If the reason for the chart is a personal reminder you would like to carry with you, select the wallet option. Click on the calendar design you want. Some calendars have boxes underneath each day of the week, while others simply have parallel single lines to separate the days of the week. Click on the calendar directly after the calendar year. Type the reason for the calendar chart. If you want to track your child's behavior, type "Behavior Chart." Turn the calendar into a chore chart by adding the words to the top of the calendar after the year. The font will automatically resize the month, year and your added information to fit it across the top of the calendar. Adjust your calendar time range to 60 days. Click on the "change date range" button. A pop up, monthly menu will appear. Select an end date for the calendar. For example, if you are making a 60 day calendar which begins October 1, select November as the end date. Click "OK" to apply the change. Click on the clip art of a blank piece of paper with the number 2. The calendar on the page will change to the final days of your calendar. If you have excess days on the page, delete them. For example, if you started your calendar October 1 and you only want to track 60 days, you will need to delete the number 30 from the month of November. October has 31 days and November has 30 days which means without deleting a day from the calendar you will be tracking 61 days. Click the image of a printer found along the top portion of your computer screen. Poster Board
Write a title across the top, center of the poster board. The title could be anything which summarizes the purpose of the calendar chart like "60 Days of Good Behavior" or "I Completed my Chores for 60 Days." Draw a 60 day calendar in the center of the poster board. Lay your ruler on the poster board and make one tic mark every 2 inches, to create the top portion of the grid. You will need eight tic marks across the top in order to make seven boxes representative of the seven days of the week. Make the sides of the grid by measuring and marking every 2 inches going down the poster board. You will need nine rows of boxes. Using the ruler, connect the tic marks to form a large, 7 by 9 grid. Fill in the calendar grid. Above the grid, across the top write Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The grid should now look like an empty calendar. Date the squares which make up the grid by writing the month and day on each square. The placement of the dates should match the calendar. Write large numbers in each box like "11/1." You will have three empty boxes after writing the date in 60 boxes. Draw designs on the blank portion of the calendar chart and decorate the poster board with stickers. Consider your child's interests as you design the calendar chart. If she likes clothes, cover the poster board with stickers of jeans, dresses and shoes. Or if your son loves the jungle, use your markers to draw a jungle scene complete with jaguars, monkeys and snakes.
