I have been asked to post the chore list for my children as well as our summer daily schedule. I thought it would be easier to post it all here. This is what works for us and helps me alot. We have learned to be flexible, but try to stick as close to the schedule as possible with hourly adjustments if needed. John and I do not give allowance or rewards for this list of chores. It is done to help out the family. We do have extra chores as needed that can be done for money. Our prayer is that our children learn to help their family (especially Mom), learn to work hard, and learn to work together to accomplish tasks. Note: we have our big cleaning day on Monday and can accomplish Monday and Tuesday chores in an hour.
Daily Chores (all children)
put clean laundry away
clean room - make bed
straighten living room
recycles and trash (boys)
load/unload dishwasher (girls)
Monday:
Ernie (10) - wipe down upper kitchen cabinet fronts and appliance fronts
dust walls for spider webs
dust top part of tv cabinet
vacuum living room and study
Abby (8) - vaccuum couch and chairs,
clean window sills in living room and study
dust blinds in kitchen and bedroom
Emma (6) - dust lower part of tv cabinet and railing to upstairs
dust blinds in kitchen and bedroom
Jonathan (4) - dust living room table
wipe down lower kitchen cabinet fronts
Christian and Isabella help where they can. Give them a rag and they will clean anything. They love to help fold and put laundry away too.
Tuesday:
Boys - clean baseboards and doors in living room
Girls - clean baseboards and doors in kitchen
Wednesday:
Boys - take out all trashcans from all rooms
Ernie also vaccuums living room and living room rugs
Girls -
Week A - clean windows in living room and study and clean kitchen chairs
Week B - clean their bathroom (I clean it on week A)
Thursday:
Everyone - clean up the yard and the yard toys
Friday:
Everyone - clean up the basement toy room
Abby vaccuums living room
Daily Schedule:
7am - breakfast, devotions, Bible memory time,
teeth, dressed (has started taking longer than 45 minutes, so we adjust)
7:45 - clean bedrooms, then play in basement
8:30 - chores
9:30 -play
11am - lunch
12pm - naptime for younger 3
reading the older 3 (45min - Ernie and Abby / 30 min for Emma + 15 min of worksheets)
We read a book together 1-2 chapters a day (currently reading the Crown and Covenant
series by Douglas bond)
Math Games (Right Start Math)
2pm - outdoor/indoor play (or maybe a movie)
2:45pm - straighten living room and bedroom as needed
John usually returns home by 3:30 - 4pm and bedtime is around 7/7:30pm.
