Last year, we came up with a list of chores we wanted Jonah and Matthew to do. Some were daily, some were weekly, but we wanted to have them all in one place. We recently re-did the charts, so I thought I’d share.
Jonah’s Chores (age 6):
- Brush teeth every morning (by himself)
- Brush teeth every evening (Mom helps)
- Set the table
- Take out the recycling
- Sweep the dining room
- Sweep the kitchen
- Vacuum the living room rugs (we discovered the vacuum is a bit heavy yet, so his job is to get the vacuum out and plugged in for me and then put it away)
- Do his laundry
- Wash dishes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
Matthew’s Chores (age 4) are similar:
- Brush teeth every morning (by himself)
- Brush teeth every evening (Mom helps)
- Clear the table
- Take out the compost
- Get the upstairs garbage
- Sweep the dining room
- Sweep the kitchen
- Dust
- Do his laundry
- Wash dishes on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
Once we had our list for each kid, along with a dollar amount assigned to each one, I hopped onto the computer and found clip art to correspond. A Google search got me pictures of the different coins, and I was able to find pictures that went along with each chore as well.
Some have multiple steps, like laundry. So I included a picture for each step: wash, dry, fold, put away. (Read a bit more about how I got the boys to do their own laundry here)
Then I added boxes, and printed them out. I laminated them, and the boys mark off their chores each day as part of their nightly routine. If they do everything for the week, they’ve made $0.96, and they can cross off the box at the bottom to get 4 extra pennies. This also encourages them to keep track so they can get A WHOLE DOLLAR. That’s a big deal.
What do you use for keeping track of chores?
[…] 7:30-8:30: Breakfast clean-up. I work on tidying up the kitchen, and everyone gets dressed. Usually the tv has some PBS Kids shows on while we work on this. Sometimes the boys will do a chore for me – sweeping or taking out the garbage. […]