Chores for school aged children build on what you have already taught them. Here you expect you children to start thinking for themselves, and do a little extra than required.

If you have not trained your school aged child in good chore habits yet, then you may have to take a little time to get their hygiene and life skill chores going well before moving onto this level of work.
If you have trained your children from young to work with you, and with a happy heart, then you can begin to wean them from your presence. You can also encourage them to think more about the others in their home and suggest that they go a step further than just doing what is to their chore lists, and to look about the house for what needs doing and jump into that job too.

Children on the older side of this spectrum, being 11 and 12 years old, should be able to work almost entirely on their own. But remember, we all love company and someone to spur us on with an encouraging word.

Chores for children aged 7 -12 can also include things that pop up intermittently and in ways where they can help others. These things may be playing an educational game with a younger sibling when mom is having a difficult day, or answering the telephone politely and taking a message, helping with library visits and simple mending.

Chores for school aged children can also begin to be more difficult cleaning jobs like washing pets, cars and cleaning out cupboards. It was at this age that we also introduced a paid chore system for our children using Ka-Ching Business Parenting

When your children have mastered caring for their own bodies and spaces you can consider adding in some of the following chores:

Vacuum larger areas

Tidy lounge

Prepare refreshments

Cook dinner with help

Bake for the week

Help with gardening

Raking

Put washing in machine

Strip beds

Sweep floors

Follow a recipe

Sandwiches

Wash dishes

Put away clean dishes

Separate laundry and help fold

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You can use these basic chore charts as templates for chores for school aged children to get them going until you feel confident with making your own chore chart.

Chore chart for 8 – 10 year olds with specific chores

Chore chart for 10 – 12 year olds with specific chores

Blank chore chart template for your daughter

Blank chore chart template for your son

Other articles that you may be interested in are:
Children with bad attitudes about chores?
Lifekskills for Kids
Organized mom

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