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Make your own chore chart

While generic chore charts can get you started it is better to make your own chore chart for your children. Nobody knows what needs to get done in your home better than you do.

While it is easy to download generic charts of the internet they will undoubtedly have gaps when you apply it to your home. But these same generic charts can help you get started with chore systems for you child and yourself.

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Here is how you go about the process to make your own chore chart for your child.

Step 1 – Make a List

Make a list of all the things that need to be done in a day to keep your home clean and tidy. Make this list as detailed as you can. For instance it may read:

Make bed

Personal hygiene

Wipe bathroom counters

Clean toilet

Wipe out shower

Prepare Breakfast

Sweep kitchen floor

Pack away breakfast things...

You may need to carry a little notepad and pen around for a week or so and write things down as you go about your day. Make a list per room with three columns each…you will see why later. Or you can download my list maker here.

You will need Adobe Reader to download all the printables on this site.

Step 2 – Allocate an age

Take your list, possibly a very long list, and write next to each chore the minimum age that is needed to do the job correctly. If a chore requires an age older than the oldest child in your home, that job falls to you.

Step 3 – Allocate a frequency

It is quite possible that the chores on your list need not be done each day. Make a third column where you can allocate the frequency of the job.

Step 4 – Transpose the chores to a chart

Using my free printable child chore charts for the right age group, transpose the required chores onto the chart.

Step 6 – Decide on a paid chore system

We find that our children are motivated to do large jobs like washing a car or yucky jobs like cleaning up dogs mess, when they are paid. This is not a random pay system, we use Ka-Ching Business Parenting to help us structure our children’s finances with the view to helping them grow their investments and entrepreneurship.

Step 7 – Call a family meeting

This is a very important step when you make your own child’s chore chart. Using the detailed descriptions on how to do the allocated chores, go through each child’s chore chart with them.

Our children have their chore charts stuck on their cupboard where they can mark them off each day as they go. These provide them with a highly visible reminder.

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Remember that when you are training your child to do their chores properly you are not just training them for in your home, but rather training them with life-long lifeskills...and now you see how simple it is to make your own chore chart.

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