This blog post might change my life: http://ourbusyhomeschool.com/our-chore-method/
Kayli asked me what I thought was so life-changing about this chore approach since it is similar to many others. What struck me is that you assign your children the same chore for a WHOLE YEAR. I can really go for that. I think I'll assign out the chores for the year then focus on teaching one child at a time rather than trying to teach them all at the same time. Also, I changed Harriet's clothes to the bottom drawers so she can put her own clothes away and I'm changing the kids' books out of the lower bookshelf and putting the toy tubs in those so Eli can be completely independent in cleaning up the family room. He can stand on the blue dog to put away books that people get out.
Maybe I just liked the blog post because it got me thinking about how we could improve in the chore area. I haven't thought about it in awhile. We've been using the "do whatever Mom asks you to do whenever she asks you" approach to chores for the past few years and it leads to kids getting really grumpy about "fairness." I think assigned chores (with a few added in as needed) might help with the "unfairness grumbles." Maybe.
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Interesting idea. I may consider it. We've adopted a "chores on sticks" in individual cups to earn green "screen time" sticks. So every night I divvy up the chore sticks for the next day and when they've completed them, they earn a green stick to be used when they want. So far, it's working beautifully. :)
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