Free token board printables

A token board pays a child a token for each piece of work and trades a full board for one reward that the child chose. It is the step after a First-Then board: the reward is still visible, but it now sits a few minutes further away. Every board on this page carries the reward picture box, because a board without the reward on it is just a sticker chart, and a child cannot see what they are working toward.

What's in this set

1. 5-token board: five 30 mm dashed star spaces numbered 1 to 5 under a 92 mm I AM WORKING FOR box, with lines for what earns a token and the time the board was filled.
2. 3-token board: three 44 mm circle spaces and a 100 mm reward box, for a child who is still learning that tokens buy something.
3. 10-token board: two rows of five 28 mm stars numbered 1 to 10, a 70 mm reward box and a running total for the day.
4. 5-token board with a choice of three rewards: the same five spaces, plus three 40 mm choice boxes at the bottom so the child picks what the full board buys before any work starts.
5. Tokens to cut out: twenty-four 27 mm tokens in four shapes, six each of stars, circles, squares and hearts, so children at one table never mix their tokens up, plus two envelope labels for storing them.
6. Desk-edge token strips: four narrow strips with three, four, five and six spaces, each ending in a 30 mm reward box, sized to tape along a desk edge or inside a folder.
7. Blank token board: ring the number of tokens from 2 to 10, then draw that many spaces in a 46 mm track divided by ten faint guides.

There are no answer keys in this set. These are boards a child fills in with tokens, not worksheets with right answers.

Frequently asked questions

How many tokens should a board have?

Start with three, work up to five, and only go to ten when five is easy. The blank board in this set is there because the right number is the one this child can reach today, not the number a printed board happens to have.

What can I use as tokens?

Anything the child can hold and place: a flat wooden disc, a coin, a magnet, a sticker, or the laminated stars and circles on the cut-out page. Give each child at a shared table their own shape.

What should the reward be?

Something short, something the child picked, and something they do not get for free. Two minutes of a favorite app, a turn with the bubbles, one song, or a job they like doing. Keep it under five minutes so work can start again.

Is this the same as a reward chart?

No. A reward chart usually runs over days and tracks several behaviors. A token board runs over minutes, pays for one named thing, and keeps the reward picture in front of the child the whole time.

Can I use these in my classroom?

Yes. All the boards are free for non-commercial educational use and may be photocopied for a class. Please link to this page rather than re-uploading the files.

More life skills printables

A token board is the step between a single piece of work and a week-long chart. For the longer version, a reward chart printable or a sticker chart printable spreads the same deal over several days. The chore chart printable breaks a job into the steps a token can be paid for, and the potty training chart printable uses the idea for one specific routine.