This potty reward chart is a week on one page. It opens on 3 of the 6 basic steps: Pull pants down by yourself, Sit on the potty and Pee in the potty. Type your own steps over them and print.
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Three steps, seven days
The sample is 3 rows by 7 days: 21 boxes. The NHS potty training page says to praise children for having a go, with or without a wee or a poo, and lists a sticker and a reward chart among the ways. This page quotes the NHS and adds no advice of its own. Type over the name and the steps, one on each line.
A sticker for every trip
A row has one box a day. For a potty training sticker chart with a box for each trip, use the group Times of day to try: Try after you wake up, Try after lunch, Try before the bath. Up to 12 rows fit. No row records an accident or a dry day.
Every step in the list says what counts: Sit on the potty counts even when nothing happens.
On accidents the NHS page says to keep calm, clean up together and carry on. The chart has tick boxes only, and no cross.
The NHS page starts with daytime training and keeps nappies for naps and nights at first. Try before bed is in the list for later.
Questions and answers
What steps go on a potty training reward chart?
Things a child does and an adult can see. The basic six are Sit on the potty, Pee in the potty, Poop in the potty, Pull pants down by yourself, Flush and wave bye-bye and Wash hands with soap. The list has 54 steps.
Can twins share one chart?
Yes. Type both names with a comma between them, up to 6. Each name prints as its own block on the same page, and a step is for Everyone or for one child.
What goes on the chart for daycare?
The group At daycare or preschool has 6 steps, such as Tell your teacher you need to go and Go with the group at potty time. The teacher's word at pickup is enough to fill the box.
All 54 step ideas
The six basic steps 6
Flush and wave bye-byeOne push of the handle after a trip. The AAP tips say letting a child flush gives a sense of control.
Pee in the pottyOne box on any day it happens, however many times. Retype it in your family's own word.
Poop in the pottyOne box on any day it happens. An empty box is only an empty box.
Pull pants down by yourselfCounts when they start the job themselves, even if you finish it.
Sit on the pottyCounts even when nothing happens. The NHS page says to praise trying.
Wash hands with soapSoap, rinse and dry after a trip. Help with the tap still counts.
Finishing up 7
Close the lid when you are doneThe lid is down when they leave the bathroom.
Dry hands on your own towelA towel on a hook they can reach. Dry enough is done.
Help tip the potty into the toiletThey carry or hold it with you. You do the pouring when it is full.
Pull pants back upUp over the bottom counts. Straightening can be your job.
Tear off just enough paperA few squares, shown once by you, with the roll still on its holder.
Turn the tap off when you finishTap off with a step to reach it. A drip or two is fine.
Wipe, then let a grown-up checkThey have the first go with paper, then you finish.
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Times of day to try 10
Go when the potty timer ringsYou set the gap that suits your day, and they walk to the potty when it rings.
Look at a book while you sitOne short picture book on the potty, also the NHS page's idea.
Stay sitting for one short songFrom sitting down to the end of one song. The NHS page suggests a song sung together during the sit.
Try after breakfastA sit once the bowl is empty. The NHS page lists after eating food.
Try after lunchA sit before the afternoon starts. Trying counts.
Try after you wake upA sit soon after getting up, one of the routine times on the NHS page. Trying counts.
Try before bedThe last sit of the day, after pajamas or before. Trying counts.
Try before nap timeA sit before lying down. A nappy for the nap itself takes nothing away.
Try before the bathA sit while the water runs. Trying counts.
Try before we leave the houseA sit with shoes already on, one of the routine times on the NHS page.
Telling a grown-up 5
Come along when it is potty timeYou offer, they come. What happens next is a different row.
Tell a grown-up you need to goAny word or sign counts, even when you do not get there in time.
Tell me when pants feel wetTelling is what earns the box, wet or dry.
Use our potty word or signPick one word or hand sign together. Counts each day they use it.
Walk to the potty by yourselfThey set off on their own when they feel it. You can follow.
Out and about 8
Help pack the spare clothes bagThey choose the spare pants and put them in the bag before you go.
Tell the driver you need a potty breakSaid in the car with time to pull over. Telling earns the box.
Try when we pass a restroomA quick sit on the way past, as the NHS page suggests for trips out.
Use a toilet at the storeAny public restroom on a trip out. Sitting and trying counts.
Use the potty at Grandma's houseA different bathroom from home. Retype the row with the right house.
Use the potty on a playdateAt a friend's house, with you or their grown-up nearby.
Use the travel pottyIn the parking lot, at the park or wherever you set it up.
Wear underwear on a short trip outOne outing in underwear with spare clothes in the bag. Coming home wet still counts.
At daycare or preschool 6
Carry your spare clothes bag inThey carry the bag to their cubby at drop-off.
Go with the group at potty timeThey line up and try when the class does.
Tell your teacher you need to goAsk the teacher at pickup. One telling in the day earns the box.
Try at preschool before going homeA sit before pickup, so the ride home starts with a try.
Use the potty at daycareThe teacher's word at pickup is enough.
Wash hands at the little sinkAt the classroom sink, with soap, after a trip.
Moving to the big toilet 6
Choose potty or big toilet todayThey pick which one to use, then use it once.
Climb the step to the toiletUp the step and turned around, with a hand to hold if wanted.
Feet flat on the step stoolBoth feet resting on the step while they sit. The NHS page asks for a step that puts knees higher than hips.
Hold the handles while you sitHands on the seat handles or rails from sitting down to standing up.
Sit on the big toilet with the seatOn the child seat that fits over the toilet. Sitting counts.
Stay in the room for the flushThey stay beside you while it flushes. The NHS page mentions ear defenders for a child who dislikes the noise.
Underwear and clothes 6
Choose today's underwearThey pick the pair from the drawer in the morning.
Help change into dry clothesThey fetch the dry pants and help. The NHS page says to keep calm, clean up together and carry on.
Put on underwear by yourselfBoth legs through and pulled up, front at the front or near enough.
Put wet clothes in the hamperWet things carried to the hamper or the bucket you use.
Stay in underwear all morningUnderwear on from breakfast to lunch. Wearing it is the goal, wet or dry.
Wear pants you can pull down aloneJoggers or leggings, the NHS page's examples of easy clothes.
How this list was compiled: Step wordings and hint lines written for this site on 2026-09-18. Every row is something a child does and an adult can see, worded as what to do. No row rewards staying dry, none records an accident, and none is a prize or a treat. The routine times (on waking, after meals, before going out, before naps, passing a toilet when out, bedtime), the self-care steps (wiping, hand washing, flushing, pulling pants up and down, choosing underwear), the equipment (training seat, step that puts knees higher than hips, rails, travel potty, spare clothes, ear defenders, easy clothes such as joggers or leggings), a short book or a song while sitting, praise for having a go, with or without a wee or poo, keeping calm, cleaning up together and carrying on, and nappies kept for naps and nights at first were checked against NHS Best Start in Life, Potty training your child, https://www.nhs.uk/best-start-in-life/toddler/potty-training-your-child/ (no review date shown; checked 2026-09-18). The NHS page lists 'use a reward chart' and 'give them a sticker' under its step Praise their efforts. One hint line, on letting a child flush, comes from the American Academy of Pediatrics page Potty Training: 12 Tips to Keep the Process Positive, https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/toddler/toilet-training/Pages/Praise-and-Reward-Your-Childs-Success.aspx (last updated 11/6/2023; checked 2026-09-20). That page does not suggest a chart: its tip Be precise with praise says 'Avoid treats and punishments', and its next tip lists rewarding among the things that keep children from managing their own toileting. The positive wording rule was checked against the CDC page Tips for Using Praise and Rewards, https://www.cdc.gov/parenting-toddlers/responding-to-behavior/using-rewards.html (dated Apr. 30, 2026; checked 2026-09-18). The groups are our own sorting, not a standard, and the order of steps is for the family to choose. Licence: own work