Kids Routines

For a year now the kids (ages 6 and 5) have been completing chores in order to earn money plus build responsibility.  The logistics of the chore chart have evolved over the last year and surprisingly last month the kids approached me about ADDING more chores (not money).  I was excited.  They had seen their cousins completing more challenging tasks and they wanted the opportunity to do more.  I'm very proud of them.
My kids chores still include basic hygiene because I want that to be habit and right now it needs to be practiced over and over.  My kids chores include:
1. Putting away dishes after meals.
2. Making their beds.
3. Brushing their teeth.
4. Getting dressed.
5. Watering the plants.
6. Feeding and watering the animals.
7. Washing the windows.
8. Picking the garden.

Accounting for chores being finished was problematic.  We started with paper charts then moved to magnetic charts because I would forget to print off the charts.  The magnetic chart was easier because it was always there but the kids were unmotivated to move their magnets to show chores completed.  A friend of mine sent me an email with a how-to of creating a chore chart with red and green cards.  Green meaning "finished" and red meaning "not finished".  We have been using the chart for a couple of days and my kids want to reset the chart at the end of each day.  I'm super pumped about that!

To complete the chart, I used the frame of my magnetic chart and simply looked in my scrapbook bag for fun paper.  I made the pockets from scrapbook paper as well. Like I said, the kids really like it.