Chores and Allowance

  

I have decided to tell about our chore list.  We have been having problems with getting children to do their chores.  So we are trying a new plan to see if it works.

In the picture the top item is the daily schedule.  There is one for each day of the week and each family member is listed.  I put it in a plastic sleeve and put a tab on each day.  You pull out the top, but it behind and the next day is up.  It is broken down by the hour.  We started with that for a week or so to fine tune it, add things or change things.  Once we got it right, we added the other charts.

One is a list of things to be done throughout the month, the other is a list of daily things and weekly things.  As you can see people have written their initials beside items.  They do that if they have done that chore.   For us now in Norway we use kroner, local currancy, to pay the children.  They get 1 kroner for daily chores, 5 kroner for weekly and 10 for monthly.  So far it has worked well and I really like it, the kids seem to like it too.

The children each have time in their schedule to do their laundry.  My children have been doing their own laundry for about five years.  When they were all homeschooled they each had their own day.  When the youngest two were three and four they got some help from others, but they could sort and put the items I the washing machine.  Whe we got here it was not as easy because the machine is different and it hold only about 2/3 the amount of a machine in the states.  Since things were different and no one except me knew what settings to use I was doing all the laundry.  Well I came up with a plan so that laundry could again be your own responsibility and the add to your schedule.  Here is what I did.

So now there is no reason that people do not know what to do.

So this is our new way of doing things and it seems to be working good for us.  I will say that the children know that during the time they are doing chores they can get them done quickly and then use that time for playing or something else.  They also know you don't do anything and you don't get any money.

Would like to hear any comments you have about our schedule and chore list.