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A Chore Chart is a great way to introduce children to the concepts of responsibility, accountability and accomplishment. Most experts agree that the best time to begin this light, simple discipline is as soon the child can read, and maybe even a bit sooner, as working with a Chore Chart is of itself a great reading lesson.
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How to Use a Chore Chart
There are many ways to go about using Chore Charts. One way that works is to have a separate chart for each child. Write out the tasks, unambiguously, in large letters, one to a line. Directly to the right of each task, leave a box for the child to check off when the job is done. Checking off on a completed task will engender a real sense of accomplishment and empowerment in your child!
It’s important not to either patronize your children or, on the other hand, to expect too much. If you want to start them off while they are still in their preschool stage, you can still instill a real sense of responsibility in them without being overly hard. Appropriate tasks can include making their own bed, or to putting away the laundry after it’s been dried and folded. You might also have them change the water in the dog’s bowl or to water the plants.
When they are a bit older, say second or third grade, they might be asked to do a load of laundry or a load of dishes in the dishwasher, and by now, they should be also able to walk the dog. Younger teenagers can vacuum the living room or clean the bathroom.
If you’d prefer your printer to your penmanship, there is certainly no reason not to compose your Chore Chart on a word processing program, and it might be easier still to use a spreadsheet such as excel.
Here’s a Chore Chart that you can use if you’d like to have one chart for all your children. This kind of chart is for a week, and it consists of eight columns. The first column is entitled CHORE, or TASK, or any other simple description you’d like to use. The other seven columns are the seven days of the week, from Monday through Sunday.
The way it works is that, once again, each task gets its own line. If a child completes a task on, say, Thursday, he or she writes his or her name in the space where the task’s row intersects the day’s column.
You might even assign each task a given number of points. The child that accumulates the most points in a week is the winner.
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