Age Appropriate Chores - Lancaster,CA

full responsibility for bedroom upkeep (putting away clothes, picking up toys, dusting, vacuuming, making bed, etc)
unloading dishwasher
setting table
clearing table
feeding pets
taking out trash

Hi~
Here is information from an excellent handout I have titled “Expecting Your Child To Do Chores-Should You or Shouldn’t You?” (by Marty Rossmann, Professor Emeritus, Family Education Program, College of education and Human Development, University of Minnesota) ….

Ages Seven-Ten:
* Cook simple meals using the range and oven
* make a grocery list for family meals for one week
* simple home repairs (cleaning sink drains)
* family laundry
* clean the bathroom
* recycle cans/ bottles/newspapers
* Answer phone/take messages
* help with yard work
* write thank you notes for gifts
* clip and use coupons
* shop for clothes with help
* help to clean the car
* help to paint their own room
* prepare own school lunch
* care for their own bike

washing dishes.
wiping table after meals
putting away groceries
mopping
sweeping
helping with pets
laundry
helping you cook
putting away toys
cleaning her room
dusting

When my daughters were that age....
set and clear the table
unload the dishwasher
keep their rooms clean
bring dirty laundry to laundry room in basement
help outside, rake in the fall
help with dinner
put away their clean clothes
water plants
vacumn

i have a 9 yeatr old boy and his chores are many.
He can
clean bathrooms, sinks, toilets, sweep and swiffer floors
change cat litter/ pick up dog doo in back yard
feed the animals, we have 3 cats and 3 dogs
Living rooms he dusts, vacuums, picks up, washes windows
Kitchen He can make his own eggs, soup, Ramens, Cut up vegetables, smoothies,
He rinses dishes and puts them correctly into the dishwasher, he unloads it and puts away, he dries dishes, I will have him wash them but then I have to rewash them usually. We are still working on the getting dishes really clean. He sweeps and mops the floor. Sets table correctly.
He cleans his own room but doesn't make his bed. It's a bunkie loft bed.
We are working on doing laundry and he just started ironing his shirt and pants for church.
Today he made dinner and cleaned up the kitchen.
If you make it fun for her then she will be more willing to help. THe rule in my house is if you make anything in the kitchen you have to clean it up.
I do not pay my children to do chores, it's part of being in a family.