If you’re looking for some Visual Chore Cards that cover indoor and outdoor chores, look no further. You’ll even find eight editable name cards in this pack!
You might also like our Visual School Schedule Cards and Visual Summer Schedule Cards.
Chores are a great way to help your kids know they are the stars of your team! Just like a star basketball player would get plenty of play time in the game, so do your star players. Simple chores, like matching socks or wiping off the table after dinner, can start very young.
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Visual Chore Cards: for Indoor & Outdoor Chores
This pack includes visual chore cards for both indoor and outdoor chores for all ages! Not only that, you’ll find Days of the Week Cards as well as EIGHT editable name cards.
There are a couple of ways these could be displayed. You can hole-punch your cards and attach them to a ring. This allows you to hang the visual chore cards on a hook. You could hang a set for each child each week. Days of the week cards or name cards could be added to the front of each “deck” so your kids know who needs to do which chores.
If you just have one child, you could use a simple pocket chart like this one. Use the name cards or days of the week cards at the top of your child’s chores.
If you have multiple children, you might want a wider pocket chart, like this one. Type your kids’ names on the editable name cards or use the days of the week cards, and display them at the top of the pocket chart.
What Chores are Included?
Indoor Chores Included: make your bed,brush your teeth, get dressed,brush your hair, clean up the toys, put your shoes away, hang up your towel, clean mirrors, match socks, wash your face, take a bath, take a shower, shake out rugs, clean a window, clean your room, clean baseboards, set the table, clean off the table, wipe off the table, help prepare a meal, vacuum, sweep the floor, empty the dishwasher, wipe down cabinet fronts, wash the dishes, dry/put away dishes, dust a room, sort the utensils, water plants, mop the floor, clean off the stairs, wipe down counter tops, put clothes in the dryer, pull clothes out of the dryer, bring dirty clothes to be washed, start a load in the washer, fold clothes, put your clothes away, wipe down door knobs, clean the sink and/or toilet, feed the pet, put fresh water in bowl, clean pet’s area, and collect trash around the house
Outdoor Chores Included: take cans to the road, take out recycling, pull back the empty cans, walk the dog, bring in the mail, pull weeds, rake leaves, clean up pet waste, shovel the snow, collect firewood, hose off the deck or patio, hose off the porch, sweep the porch, sweep the deck or patio, sweep the sidewalk, help wash the car, clean trash out of the car, vacuum out the car, pick up sticks, and pick up toys in the yard
Should Kids Get Paid for Chores?
While this is a personal decision for each family, our kids do. BUT {and this is a big but}, they only get paid for certain chores. For example, brushing your teeth isn’t something they get paid to do. This is an “expected chore.” If they want to get paid for the extra chores, they must do the expected chores first.
Another thing to factor in is how much do you pay for chores? We have a chore hierarchy. For example, taking the clothes out of the dryer is a low-paying chore while dusting an entire room is a higher paying chore.
For us, paying our kids for chores has provided many teachable moments that would be difficult to teach otherwise. They are learning how to save for what they want, give to others in need, the art of contentment, and bargain shopping. So chores have been a win-win in our home!
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Enjoy teaching!
~Becky
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