Chore Chart

Some of you have asked that I periodically share my kids daily chore chart. Here's the current version. We change it up 2 or 3 times a year. They have been helping out with chores since they were about 2. Now they are in elementary school and just moved from 5 min. of daily chores to about a 10 min. chore (such as the "shake rugs and wipe down glass door" used to be 2 separate days of chores and now it's in 1 day). Odd and Even refers to the calendar dates. Homework is usually completed in my classroom after school while I'm getting ready for the next day and cleaning off my desk. They get up when their alarm clock goes off in the morning and are ready to leave the house in 1 hour without much prompting from me. If Dad gets up with us, he sometimes throws off our fine tuned schedule!! We certainly aren't a perfect family nor do we have a spotless house, however we have created a schedule that works for us.


Chore Chart and Schedule Winter 09

Big J's Chores

Make bed
Pick up clothes and stuff
Clear table/do dishes (odd)
Set table/get mail (even)

M- dust
T- take out trash
W- straighten shelves
Th- dust bust floors
F- snack bags
S- vacuum (b/l/h)

Little J's Chores

Make bed
Pick up clothes and stuff
Clear table/do dishes (even)
Set table/get mail (odd)

M- clean inside cars
T- rugs and doors
W- snack bags
Th- baseboards and windows
F- wipe down bathrooms
S- vacuum (up/office)

Morning Schedule
6:30 – 7:15 Get dressed
Make beds
Do chores
Do hair
Use deodorant
Lunch in bag
Backpack ready
7:15 – 7:30 Breakfast
Brush teeth
7:30 Read Bible book in car

Evening Schedule
8:00 – 8:30 Shower/pj’s
Lay out clothes
Things signed
Backpack ready
Make lunches
Pick up things
Brush teeth
8:30 – 9:00 Quiet reading

Consequences
Not doing chores well: $.50
Rude words: $.50 (paid to the one you said it to and/or both have to pay mom)
Fits: early bedtime
Things left out: $.25 or taken

Monthly Allowance
$5 for church tithe
$5 for savings account
$10 for spending account

MOM
Clean kitchen and floors
Clean bathroom tubs/showers/mirrors/floors
Laundry (Tue- lights, Thurs. –darks)
Grocery shop and menu and cook
Change sheets
Pay bills
Doctor appointments

DAD
Ceiling fans/air filters/lights
Appliances and grill
Garage and cars
Yard work
Dentist and Orthodontist appt.