Hello, friends! April is resting a powerful case of tendonitis, so Edna Thompson, of the United Kingdom, is sharing tips with us on age appropriate chores for kids today.
Everybody knows that it is not an easy task to maintain a clean and organized home with kids around. But not necessarily! Try including your kids in the cleaning and organizing process. Let them help you clean the mess they make. Of course, depending on how old your child is, there are different chores they can do. But even the younger ones can be put to work. Give them easy to do tasks turned into a game. This way they will be engaged, and instead of making a mess, they will be fixing it.
Here are some simple tasks, categorised by age groups and rooms that you can give to your children. But keep in mind that; of course, this can be adjusted any way you want because every child matures differently.
And another very important thing to remember is to give them one task to do at a time, especially the younger ones. Give them one chore to do, wait for it to be finished, and then give the next one. The younger the child, the more supervision of course, so never leave them alone and always go and check their work.
But also keep in mind that you should not be fixing their work in front of them.
And the most important thing is to make it like a fun exercise and enjoy the time spend with your child.
Of course you know what your child can and cannot do, so you can adjust this in a way that is better for your child. This is just for orientation, but mama knows best.
Pick a cleaning song and sing and dance while you clean. Make a competition between your children, like who can organize and clean their room faster.
The goal of having your kids helping you to clean the house is with the idea that they learn how things should be done by helping you at first. When they get older they can do them by themselves. Plus you will be spending some time together and doing something useful while having fun with them.
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What a great list. My boys complain about helping out most times I ask but they realize it's part of life and they've become quite adept at most any job around the house. They're assigned chores and then every 3-6 months we swap them around to make sure they're all learning how to do all the jobs. It's great help and it's important for them to learn life skills.
Were in the 2-4 zone and the 6-7 ones. I'm often surprised by how much they CAN do. Ok, mostly Scarlet. Des is.. getting there.
As one of five kids, we all had set chores to get allowance. I remember having the same one for YEARS. Why didn't we mix it up more? Or do trades?
I like this list. I've always had my kids do chores from little up. I think it's so important for them to have a hand in keeping things running smoothly.
Oh no tendonitis! Right before you travel? Get better! These are great tips Edna. I too have found having every child have a task on cleaning days makes the job go so much smoother. Nice to meet you!
Thanks, Jen! It was the traveling that killed me. It's probably bursitis in my hip. I'm getting better now!