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What chores at what ages?
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My oldest is 8 years old and probably capable of more chores than what I’ve given him. I need some ideas of what chores your children started doing at what age. He helps fold and put away some laundry and feeds the dog. I don’t need ideas for chore systems at this point, unless it helps to see what chores at what ages.
Thanks.
My 7yo can do all the following (though younger siblings have taken on some of these now):
clean bedroom – pick up toys, make bed
put away own laundry (we don’t fold!)
feed outdoor cat
weed a section in the garden
clean bathroom – wipe down sink, toilet, mirror, empty trash, sweep floor, replace toilet paper on roll
kitchen chores – unload and load dishwasher, put away clean dishes, wipe down cabinet fronts, counters
switch load of laundry from washer to dryer
dining room – wipe down table, chairs, and booster seats
living areas – pick up and put away things
porch – pick up shoes and put on shelves, put away jump ropes, balls
My 9YO sons does his own laundry–yes, washes and dries and folds (not like I would do it, but he does it) and puts away.
He also does kitchen helper one night a week (sets table, helps in meal preparation, cleans up kitchen after meal, sweeps floor). Each of our 5 oldest have kitchen helper duty one night a week in age order descending from oldest to next-to-youngest.
He tends to dog and cats one day a week (same day as kitchen helper day).
He picks up limbs from yard in preparation for oldest brother to mow it.
He vacuums, swiffers, dusts, cleans bathroom, etc.
He doesn’t do all of this every day. Those everyday chores include making up bed, cleaning up floor of bedroom (if needed, which for him tends to happen every day ((e.g. messy!)).
He also helps clean inside of van as assigned by Dad.
He is quite capable in other words, thought not always willing, but this is what is expected.
We have a chore system where some chores are daily, others are as needed and our three oldest pull cards and do the chores. We allow them to choose until such time as we need to step in b/c certain cards are avoided or done too often (they handle this pretty well most of the time).
Three oldest have a 9-pocket page protector with 1 pocket having their name and photo in it. They are expected to fill the other 8 pockets each day with chores.
HTH
Forgot a few that are in rotation that he can do: clean up bonus room (toys and then vacuum), put away shoes in shoe cabinet, wipe down bar stools (man, they get sticky!).
Our 8yo feeds the cats, cleans their litter boxes, empties the garbage, takes the garbage to the curb, helps with recycling, empties the dishwasher, vaccuums – and does stuff the younger kids do too – taking plates to dishwasher, cleaning the table, sweeps the floor, halps fold and put away laundry, and probably some others I can’t think of right now…
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