potty chart
/ˈpɑdi.t͡ʃɑɹt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A calendar chart that tracks a child's progress during toilet training.
Example Sentences
- "H&S Hardware Store will present baby with a porcelain sanitary diaper pail and Schottenstein's Department Store, a potty chart."
- "Establish routine based on timing for individual child. Initially, a potty chart may be helpful. Note different mannerisms of child's expressing needs."
- "I'll get to count the time I put in just hanging around – waiting for my baby daughter to finish playing in the bubbles of her bath – for the toddler to wet so he can get a star on his potty chart."
- "A potty chart is better as a child-directed activity than as a parent reward system because it gives your child personal ownership over his success. An external expectation to "earn" stickers or "potty stars" can create the same power struggles as token rewards and praise."
- "Success sticker charts, or potty charts, work really well for toilet training and really help kids to feel special! You can buy 2 big, blank poster boards at the store — have each twin choose a distinct color — and hang the posters in a central location of your home where everyone can see them clearly."
- "After I completed my tasks Spider Dick would place a happy face sticker in the color of my choosing on a repurposed child's potty chart that he had named Alma's Chart of Eternal Happiness."
Etymology
From potty (“a small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train young children”) + chart (“a tabular presentation of data; a table”).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑdi.t͡ʃɑɹt/
- British English: /ˈpɒti.tʃɑːt/