Comments on: Chore Chart for Preschoolers

By: She Gets Stickies | My Mercurial Nature

She Gets Stickies | My Mercurial Nature — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 06:51:16 +0000

[...] and is not just running willy-nilly around the house. So, when I read Simple Mom’s post about chores for preschoolers, we decided to make a chart for our 29 month old. Our chart is not much different from the one that [...]

By: Allowance « Bryants of Bham – Bluff Park, Hoover AL

Allowance « Bryants of Bham – Bluff Park, Hoover AL — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:23:13 +0000

[...] well-timed post from Mary at Giving Up On Perfect, I found a system that piqued my interest over at Simple Mom. It’s a basic chart that you can customize with your own chore list. The child gets a [...]

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:10:50 +0000

I agree with the poster above about negative reinforcement. Positive reinforcement in the form of rewards as well as praise has also been shown to be ineffective and have unintended negative consequences. See Nurture Shock, Unconditional Parenting, and more. I don’t know how to otherwise encourage my kids to do housework though, so I’m still searching for answers. I’m wondering if you could create some sort of chore/housework/contributions system where you drop marbles into a jar every time you complete one and make a race to see whose gets filled first. Or just be happy seeing your own jar fill. Maybe also whatever technique you use for the kid, use for yourself (chart your own tasks, etc.), show your kid how satisfying it is to check things off the list. I like the more natural consequence too of not having time for reading if you have to complete their tasks.

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:08:52 +0000

By: Chore Chart and Allowance for a Preschooler — Giving Up on Perfect

Chore Chart and Allowance for a Preschooler — Giving Up on Perfect — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:32:33 +0000

[...] for our family, I – of course – went online for inspiration in the actual execution. Simple Mom shared a great chore chart and some rationale about chores for preschoolers that I found super [...]

By: Nai

Nai — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:29:00 +0000

Our son turned 3 in December & has just started school, so we thought now would be a great time to start a reward chart. He was getting £5 a week pocket money, but I like how you’ve assigned a certain amount to each chore/item. We’ve assigned 10p per chore with the possibility of earning up to £5.60 a week, 20% of that has to go in savings, 80% he can spend. It will also increase by 10% each year to reflect cost rises. On his list we have Brush My Teeth, Do My Homework, Finnish My Tea, Use My Potty/The Toilet All Day, Go To Bed, Tidy My Bedroom, No Silly Tantrums, Take My Dishes Out. Of course as he gets older these will change slightly

By: Chore Chart « The Ci

Chore Chart « The Ci — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:05:35 +0000

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By: Abs

Abs — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:38:59 +0000

I do agree in giving rewards for good behavior, but we will be separating allowance and “family contributions” (not “chores” no one likes something that is a “chore”). The reasoning behind this is that the rest of us are not paid to get groceries, pick up, clean, etc…
One suggestion I read that really appealed is the idea of taking something you might already buy them (for instance, school lunches, or some other regular expense), setting a cap on that expense and then providing the option to spend or save. “You can have X amount of $ for lunches, OR, you can make your own lunch and save the money”. I wholly agree with teaching them to separate each dollar into the save, spend, donate categories.

By: Leanda

Leanda — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:19:54 +0000

I think it is so important to have this kind of system in place and to give little ones a sense of the value of money and how to earn it! Congratulations on a great site! I’m so glad to have stumbled across this one. Beautifully laid out and some great ideas. Certainly will be coming back here for valuable advice in future

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:53:52 +0000

This is awesome. I think that the reward system is fantastic – you could even reward with pennies at a young age. I think that too many are focused on the reward and are forgetting that she uses it as a teaching opportunity – they teach using the three cups/jars about saving, giving, and having money to spend. They can learn from an early age that by doing something required of them, they earn something, and than, it is their responsibility to save and give. I’ve also read that if you, as a parent, has to do their job, leave them a “bill” for the service and they have to pay you for doing their job. It helps teach responsibility in older kids because they don’t like to give back their money. I’m thankful that my parents saw what a great tool it was to have me “work” for my allowance . . .it really isn’t a bad thing.