taken from the website Ages 2 and 3
🎈Personal chores
😄Assist in making their beds
😄Pick up playthings with your supervision
😄Family chores
😄Take their dirty laundry to the laundry basket
😄Fill a pet's water and food bowls (with supervision)
😄Help a parent clean up spills and dirt
😄Dust
🌻Ages 4 and 5
(Note: This age can be trained to use a family chore chart).
🎁Personal chores
🌹Get dressed with minimal parental help
🌹Make their bed with minimal parental help
🌹Bring their things from the car to the house
🌹Pick up their toys
🌹Wash hands
🏠Family chores
🌺Set the table with supervision
🌺Clear the table with supervision
🌺Help a parent prepare food
🌺Help a parent carry in the lighter groceries
🌺Sort colors for the laundry
🌺Match socks after clothing is washed
🌺Answer the phone with parental assistance
🌺Be responsible for a pet's food and water bowl
🌺Dust with supervision
🌺Hang up towels in the bathroom
🌺Clean their room with supervision
🌺Clean floors with a dry mop
🎂Ages 6 and 7
Note: This age can be supervised to use a family chore chart.
🎈personal chores
Make their bed every day
Brush teeth
Comb hair
Choose the day's outfit and get dressed
Write thank you notes with supervision
Family chores
Be responsible for a pet's food, water and exercise
Vacuum individual rooms
Wet mop individual rooms
Dust individual rooms
Fold laundry with supervision
Put their laundry in their drawers and closets
Put away dishes from the dishwasher
Help prepare food with supervision
Clean their room when asked
Empty indoor trash cans
Answer the phone with supervision
🎁Ages 8 to 11
Note: This age benefits from using a family chore chart.
Personal chores
😍Take care of personal hygiene
😍Keep bedroom clean
😍Be responsible for homework
😍Be responsible for belongings
😍Write thank you notes for gifts
😜Wake up using an alarm clock
🏠Family chores
🌹Wash dishes
🌹Wash the family car with supervision
🌹Prepare a few easy meals on their own
🌹Clean the bathroom with supervision
🌹Rake leaves
🌹Learn to use the washer and dryer
🌹Put all laundry away with supervision
🌹Take the trash can to the curb for pick up
🌹Screen phone calls using caller ID and answer when appropriate
🎁Ages 12 and 13
🚩Personal chores
😊Take care of personal hygiene, belongings and homework
😊Write invitations and thank you notes
😊Set their alarm clock
😊Maintain personal items, such as recharging batteries
😊Change bed sheets
😊Keep their rooms tidy and do a biannual deep cleaning
🎁Family chores
🌺Change light bulbs
🌺Change the vacuum bag
🌺Dust,vacuum
clean
🌺bathrooms and do dishes
🌺Clean mirrors
🌺Mow the lawn with supervision
🌺Prepare an occasional family meal
🎉Ages 14 and 15
🌷Personal chores
Responsible for all personal chores for ages 12 and 13
Responsible for library card and books
🎁Family chores
🌼Do assigned housework without prompting
🌼Do yard work as needed
🌼Baby sit
🌼Prepare food — from making a grocery list and buying the items (with supervision) to serving a meal — occasionally
🌼Wash windows with supervision
🏠Ages 16 to 18
💎Personal chores
🎁Responsible for all personal chores for ages 14 and 15
🎁Responsible to earn spending money
🎁Responsible for purchasing their own clothes
🎁Responsible for maintaining any car they drive (e.g., gas, oil changes, tire pressure, etc.)
👆Family chores
💎Do housework as needed
💎Do yard work as needed
💎Prepare family meals — from grocery list to serving it — as needed
💎Deep cleaning of household appliances, such as defrosting the freezer, as needed
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