Making that Summer Chore List

Kids are out of school here, sooner or later yours will be too. Are you prepared for the summer? Some of you may already have everything planned right down to the first day of school, or maybe your child is doing summer school or vacation bible school but this still doesn’t cover the whole summer. Some of you will still need to figure out what to do with them all day and how to keep the house clean with them being home. I have a solution.

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Char, from Casual Keystrokes made a summer chore chart just for her kids one year that I think many will like. I like that she added her children’s pictures on this to help those that may want to argue, each child has their own chores they are expected to do.

The Charming Cards lady mentions the MomAgenda and how it has 50 tear out sheets and five spaces for chores. This would be great to write up and tape to bedroom doors or the tv set.

For me and my family we basically write out a chore list for the next day per child and hang them on the door. We give a list of chores (basically what they normally do) with one or two assignments to start off with.

Example: SoccerBoy has to do dishes and kitchen counters, then read 3 chapters of a book he picked out to read. Course I had to do a writing assignment as I don’t want them to slack off on either reading or writing and he must to a brief summary of what he read for that day. He does have the option of writing a blog entry as well, this however is more for fun because each child has a blog that they reactivate every summer and love trying to make money from google on it.

Pick chores you think your child will be able to do, here’s a list of age appropriate chores. Once all chores and assignments are done they are basically free to play or hang out with friends on the street. Keep in mind kids like to see that they will be rewarded for their hardwork so give them something they will enjoy in the end. In our case it is playing outside or video games, but only if the chores get done.