Guest guest Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Hey all, after our last thread about cleaning, I made a month long calendar starting with my two NT kids of daily chores. I spoke with them first as an example to Allie so she could catch on, then I made Allie's chore chart. We did simple things, like on one day Allie's only job is to sort out all her various art supplies in the proper bins. The rule is a parent & each child has to sign off on their own chart for each day to get their allowance at the end of the week. Craig & I also have our daily chores on a list. We're 6 days into it so far but the change around her has been near miraculous. Dinah & Jess can't wait to get their chores done & signed off. I have to prompt Allie to do it, but she seems to comply quite well. She doesn't have a strong attention to detail & I have to redirect, but our plan for January is simply to get the habit formed. Allie once again proved she can do more than she shows us. All this time I have been putting all her clothes on hangers because of her fussing. On laundry day Allie hung ALL her clothes on the hangers & hung in the closet! I think some of the things making it successful is that I had them give input as to what they wanted to do, and we made it something a little different each day. I found like with the dishwasher, after the 3rd or 4th day my oldest was bored with it. They now know there is no whining or squeaking out of it & still getting their allowance. I have on Sundays listed their allowance amounts. Each day when I prompt Allie to begin her chores she says, " On Sunday Allie will get her allowance and go to walmart for Crayola 64 crayons! " So I would bet money is another motivator, now that she's made the connection that money means she gets to pick out stuff & buy. The best part, since we're all doing something different, we're all beginning to respect the house more. Dinah for example knows on one day she has to clean the coffee table so on her off days I see her picking up her stuff off it. Allie is even putting stuff in her room more often. Debi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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