Potty Log

About this resource

Track potty training attempts at home and at school on one log: who started it (cued, routine time, or child-initiated), how it went, and progress toward independence. A daily schedule, a daily log with attempts from both settings, accident and success tallies, weekly and monthly summaries, a twelve-week progress graph, an independence tracker that shows the shift from adult-cued to child-initiated, a home-school communication page, and a prompt bank for common situations. Fill in the routine once, Save As per month, then one letter and a tally mark per attempt.

WHAT IS INCLUDED - 17 pages, 447 type-in fields

Setup

• How the Potty Log Works and How the Fields Work - two pages of overview, quick setup guide, code meanings, and field instructions
• Daily Potty Routine - the times each day the child uses the potty at home and at school, and whether it is cued (reminder given), routine (scheduled time), or independent (child asks or goes on their own)
• Codes for locations, independence levels, and outcomes - used on every data page

Data Collection

• Daily Potty Attempt Log - one row per attempt: time, location (home or school), how it started (cued/routine/independent), outcome (success/accident/partial/refused), and notes
• Accident and Success Tally - one four-week tallying sheet with a section for each week, successes per day, accidents per day
• Weekly Potty Progress - one week: successes, accidents, partials, refused, total, and success rate (percent)
• Monthly Potty Training Progress - four weeks of data with month total and trend
• Potty Success Tracker - twelve weeks, one row per week: success rate, goal met yes/no, and trend (improving, stable, declining)
• Potty Progress Graph - twelve weeks, 0 to 100%, ready to plot: helps families see progress toward the goal
• Independence Level Tracker - twelve weeks: percent of attempts that were cued, routine, and independent, so you see the shift from adult-led to child-initiated

Communication And Prompts

• Home-School Potty Report - weekly update between parent and teacher: what went well this week, successes and accidents from both settings, what you are working on, what each side can try, and a message to share
• Phrase and Situation Bank - five groups of words and sentences to use in common potty situations (before, during, after success, after accident, communication between home and school), ready to copy into the daily log

Example And Organization

• One Child, One Week, Filled In - an invented preschooler, Zoe. Every number is made up. Daily log rows for four days from home and school, weekly summary with math shown, independence counts, success rate. All totals are added on the page so you can check every number.
• Binder Dividers and Cover - five tabs (setup, daily, weekly, monthly, reporting) and a cover, ready to print on cardstock and fit into a binder

What This Is, And What It Is Not

It is a fillable PDF. Open it in a PDF reader, click a box or line, type, Tab to the next, and Save As once a month. Type the routine once and the file runs on tally marks and one-letter codes. It works offline with no account or subscription. It is NOT a Google Sheets file, Google Doc, or Excel workbook.

It is not a potty-training method or behavioral procedure. This is the working paper that records what happened. Your family's approach and the school's routine go on page 3 (the blank lines); every rule and every strategy stay yours. The phrase bank is a quick reference; what you actually say to your child is your choice.

Who This Is For

Parents and teachers tracking potty-training progress together, early childhood educators in classrooms or programs, families beginning potty training at home who want to coordinate with school, anyone who needs to show weekly and monthly progress toward independence and consistency, and families who want to celebrate progress with a visual graph.