Using a chart for chores

My last Blog was on using index cards for chores. As our family grew we needed a way to keep up with the chores. For a little over a year we had foster daughters. I designed the chart to make sure everyone was treated the same.


 On the chart it had the girls' names along the top of the columns and the chores along the left side. I put the days they were responsible for the job under each child's name. I think it was covered with clear contact paper so I could use a dry erase marker.

Sample Job/ Chore List

I couldn't find the original. After all it's been 20 years. This is a recreation as best I can remember of how the chart looked.

 On Saturday we would give the girls their allowance in one dollar bills. Then we went to the chart. For every unaccomplished chore they had to give us  .50 back (or a portion of their allowance back.)

It wasn't long before they realized they had family responsibilities and we expected them to be done. When everyone did their part there was less to do on Saturday.

Have a Blessed Day,
Mama D

Colossians 3:23-24 (NIV)
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.