- Ages one can pick up toys learning to put things away. Praising them up now is really important.
- 2-3 they can start learning to make their bed, helping mommy or daddy match socks. Again they are relating what is the same just as you did with the pictures on the bins.
- 4-5 at this age they are better at doing things, but not skilled at it so be patient. At this age my children were making their beds, cleaning their rooms, collecting the trash from around the house and put in in the kitchen trash. Helping with setting the table and putting the clean silverware away from the dishwasher.
- 6-8 They each have their day to clean the bathroom. They have to empty the dishwasher. Help dust the house. My children now take their clothes out of the dryer hanging and folding their clothes putting them away. ( This works good because you and I know that we as kids put our clothes in the hamper just to make our room look clean even if our clothes were clean or not) By doing this it has help with the amount of clothes I now see in their hamper. By this time they also help clear or set the table.
- 9-10 They do most all the chores above but I also have a day when they have to help me cook. This gets them involved to help prepare the dish they are going to make and it's good bonding time. Also vacuuming, and sweeping the kitchen floors.
- 10-13 They are doing their own laundry. All the chores above and cooks one meal a week. ( I normally will clean the kitchen if they cook that day)
I made a fun way to pick jobs if they get bored is get a bunch of popsicle sticks and write creative jobs on them and then the amount you will pay them. Here are a few I wrote:
Pick 20 weeds for .25 cents
Wipe down door knobs .15 cents
Wipe down light switches and television and game remotes .15 cents
Clean window sills .25 cents
Wipe down baseboards .50 cents
Pick up 50 beans ( we used to live in Tucson, AZ so we had mesquite beans that fall from the tree)
Water plants .11 cents
Once they draw their sticks and do their jobs they can add up how much they are going to get. That is why I make the pay different.
My kids saw me pull out the job sticks and they were ready to do chores! They used my Norwex mop, which my son had fun doing. Normally I have to fight with him to help mop with the floors using our mop and bucket with floor cleaner. But this time he enjoyed just using water and moped the floors with a smile! My daughter used the Norwex Window Cloth, just using a spray bottle with water. The back glass door looks great! No streaks!
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