Responsiblity/Chore Chart

Hi!

I went for a walk this morning with the walking group.  It's supposed to be for ages 55 and up, but I was invited and they said anyone is welcome.  It was a nice group of about 8 ladies who walk from 9:00-10:00 on Mon, Wed, & Fridays.  The pace was a bit slow though so I never really warmed up much.  I am trying to do so now with my coffee!

So, what did I do this week?  Well, not much really.  Except on Sunday the kids helped me with their new Chore Charts.

I'm trying to give the kids more responsibilities and thought this would be a good way to keep track. I remember seeing this 

on Under the Sycamore and I thought it might be a nice craft for the kids to do.  We got rid of the magnet chore chart we had such good luck with 2 summers ago since it didn't really work for during the school year.  I replaced it with some hooks so the kids can hang their coats and snow suits there. This is temporary until the front room is done. It works for now because it's over the heater and keeps their stuff warm!  If they have to leave stuff in the front room (which is unheated), things get really cold!

  So, here's what we did.  After I explained the concept and DD stopped crying and DS stopped complaining,  they painted their boards and clothes pins and we made labels on the label maker for their "responsibilities".    Each day they have to do 3- Breakfast, Homework, & Plate (taking plate to dishwasher after dinner).  For this, they get to use the computer the next day for around 45 min.

Then there are daily chores which they get paid $.50 to do.  Such as (Taking out the)Trash; (Folding) Clothes; (Unloading) Dishwasher; (Helping with or Fixing) Dinner or Lunch; (Cleaning) Bath(room sink and mirror); Sweep(ing); and (Setting or Clearing the) Table.  When they do a chore, they move the clip to the top.  Or in DS's case, the side. 

The bigger white pins are weekly chores- Vacuum(ing); (Helping with or Doing the) Laundry; Dust(ing): (Cleaning the whole) Bathroom; and a Bonus for whatever.

Probably about a year ago, I tried another system where they had to do chores to watch tv.  I felt they were watching too much and thought this would be a good way to limit it.  Well, it turns out that it did limit their tv, because they just didn't do any chores!  I hope this turns out better!  They know how to do all these things, it's just getting them motivated to help...

Also, they do have other responsibilities when they get home from school.  They have to put away backpack; take out lunch can and put on counter; hang coat and snowpants to dry; put mittens in basket to dry; and put boots on boot dryer.  These are pretty automatic by now so I didn't include them in their chores.  And whenever they go somewhere they are responsible for packing their own stuff.  Usually it's for an overnight trip to Grammy and Grampie's and they don't need help with that, but they even pack for longer trips.  They usually need a list of clothes to take, but they get it done and even pack a little bag of stuff to do on the way! This is something they've been doing for a while and I'm glad not to have to do it as I still have to pack for myself and HH! ;-)

Have a great weekend! :-)