Phases of Chores - Mega Large Family Home Management
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- Опубліковано 1 лют 2023
- How do you teach kids chores? What chores are appropriate for different ages? When will my kids be able to do chores effectively?
Today, I am sharing some principles of chores and home management that I have discovered over the years. We'll talk about chore charts, our chore of the day schedule, age appropriate chores, and working together as a family.
And yes, that is my 13yo son walking barefoot through the snow, wearing shorts, with no coat, to take the garbage to the curb. 🤦♀️
Enjoy!!
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We are the Frogleys! We like to share life with a big family.
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Kathryn - 17 - purple
Danielle - 16 - teal
Christine - 15 - yellow
Jacob - 13 - red
Joseph - 13 - blue
Marie - 11 - orange
Benjamin - 9 - brown
Matthew - 8 - green
Anna - 6 - pink
Lucy - 4 - lavender
Esther - 3 - gold
Gideon - 1 - silver/gray
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This is very helpful. Thank you!
I really like the idea of a custom approach for each age group, along with using different tools where they work best
We have been looking at changing things up in the new year and I loved this video. It gave me a good bit of inspiration for how to do things a bit different with our 9 kiddos! I love the phases and how you have them easily laid out to understand. The biggest issue is keeping myself accountable for checking behind them and keeping them on track.
This was awesome. Please come to my house and straighten out my current chore situation 😂 we only have 6 kids here!!
I really like that when I find a mess somewhere I can simply ask (because I never remember) whose zone it is and then get that child to clean up the mess because it's already his/her responsibility. The complaint is frequently something along the lines of "It was clean 10 minutes ago" or "I didn't make this mess", but they can't argue that it is their responsibility, and they do end up cleaning it. Eventually. Sometimes requiring us to stand in the room with them and prevent them from sneaking away.
Great Video 😊. I like having a theme for each day of the week too.
I loved this video, it was really helpful to see the age/accountability breakdown! Gives me some good ideas for my own kids:) Thanks for sharing!
I have kids in all stages - 7 kids aged 15 down to 1. This is one area I feel I have failed at staying consistent. I love your tips.
We have a daily roster for morning and evening, plus a 4pm tidy, where everyone 5 and up have an area to tidy. I still do a lot of the work myself though and feel it’s a never ending battle. My kids need to understand the consequences for not completing their set jobs more. The morning jobs are often not done because kids are busy getting ready to leave for school. What are some of your consequences you give for poor time management and failure to do their responsibilities?
I love the daily roster!
Too often, the consequence for not doing the job is that Mom yells at them. 🤦♀️ I am working on that one. Some consequences have involved extra jobs or loss of privileges. Jacob and Joseph often do all their jobs because they really want to go play with friends, and they are not allowed to if their jobs haven't been done. That doesn't help get the jobs done on days their friends can't play, though. But we are a work in progress.
One other thing, my Mom always insisted that we made our beds every single day. We each remember a time when we forgot, and she would come pick us up from school, take us home just to make the bed, and then drive us back to school. She wouldn't excuse the absence either if we missed something important. She claims she only did it once, but my 6 siblings and I seem to remember a time it happened to each of us. We all got pretty good at making sure the bed was made before leaving for school.
@@frogleymom wow! That’s commitment on your Mum’s behalf! I don’t think I’d have the confidence to do that lol
I have left the job undone until after school where the child then has to do it properly. I need to be better at inspecting their work, and making sure they all know what is expected. Big example is the bathroom sink - one child each morning and afternoon has to tidy and wipe down bathroom sink, making sure it is tidy. I often walk in after they’ve left for school to see toothpaste still on the sink, hairbrushes left out, random things on bench. They claim it was done. Some kids just wipe around things, some just wipe the sink not bench, some put everything on window sill to clean bench but don’t put them back. I’m wondering if I take a photo of each area reset, print and laminate it, so they know what they are working towards.
The joys of all the different ages and stages!