Chore Charts

A while back I made a chore chart for the kids. At first, they did really great with it... then... we kind of lost interest and stopped using it. After pulling my hair out yesterday and telling the kids for the 100th time to pick up their rooms, I decided the chore chart was going to be used again...



We found this pocket chart at Staples (you can buy it in store or find it here.) We picked up some colorful index cards and "went to town." We have the days (Mon-Sun), Months, #'s (1-31) and the year as well as a card for each chore we came up with and activities and crafts the kids can do...

After we had the date section all figured out we sat down and came up with a list of chores we thought the kids were capable of, we even let them pick out a few of their own (like feeding the fish or walking the dogs).

Below our chart are envelopes with our index cards on them. Each day, the kids change the dates and then I put up the chores and activities we will be doing.

Here is a closer shot... sorry for the bad photo, my camera flash wasn't working with me.

The left side is the list of chores, the right side is the activities.

We also have a little stand near by that has stickers and some extra cards on it in case we need to add more to our list.

The kids get a sticker for every chore they complete for the day. Sometimes they will wear the sticker, other times they put it in a notebook... or if your name happens to be AJ and you are 3 years old, they tend to end up in random places that I have to use a razor blade to remove at a later time... oh joy!

(Disclaimer... the lighter on top is not used by the children... I only have it for working with my paracord crafts so, as of late, it hardly ever gets used anymore... )