21 June 2011
Our Family Blessing Chart
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In order to get my children to help more around the house I found and modified a “Chore Chart” from online. I looked at many different styles before finding one that would be functional for our family. I wanted something simple for the girls, yet rewarding enough that they would follow through with tasks. I also wanted something that reflected what we are doing in our home. It’s not a chore when we are keeping our home organized and clean. Therefore, the Shultz Family Blessing Chart was created….
Each of us are responsible for our bedroom/bathroom. Then each day we trade off the other 8 jobs in our house. The Kitchen and Dining Room are one. The Laundry and Garbage/Recycling are another. The Family Room and the Craft Room are another. Finally, we have the Office and the Parlor. Each day one of us takes one of the four grouping of rooms. We tidy up the room and sweep or vacuum. The biggest job is the Kitchen and Dining Room because it’s an all day job, but we have three days between and we might make it more, because the rooms are staying neater everyday.
I’m hoping by Friday if we all work together we can take a break and Saturday do touch ups and another break on Sunday. That will give us all day Friday, part of Saturday, and all day Sunday to spend together doing fun things. I’m not saying if there is something that needs to be done we ignore it. I’m just thinking if we don’t have a ton of work on Friday it can become a fun day for us or perhaps Wednesday so we have a fun day in the middle of the week.
Each of the rooms has a card that lists the tasks that need to be finished before the room/job is complete. After all the daily tasks are done we can move our magnets into our column and show that the task is complete.
The girls are somewhat excited about this new way to track our progress. Plus I know who is doing their tasks and who isn’t and can reward/not reward appropriately!
Stephanie Shultz is a wife and mom two little girls in Cottonwood, Arizona. She enjoys photography, hiking, scrapbooking and sight seeing.