Best of all, the simple organization and user friendliness assists parents to involve their children in the housework, making them more diligent, efficient, and appreciative, and giving them a feeling of accomplishment, confidence, and importance to the family. Age recommendations are made for each chore and are general guidelines. Supply lists and helpful hints are also found on each chore card, and the entire system is designed to be customized to fit your unique family's needs.
This is a cleaning system consisting of a comprehensive list of chores that need to be performed regularly for the average home. Here is how it works: you will receive 68 chore cards and daily and monthly dividers. Chores are categorized as twice weekly, weekly, monthly, twice monthly, every other month, etc. These recommendations are based on my personal experience and extensive research. The chores get sorted behind the monthly dividers based on seasonal appropriateness. Any chores that are classified as monthly or more frequent are sorted behind the number dividers. Each month, the additional chores (that are less frequent than monthly) are filed into the number dividers that represent the days of the month (1-31). For example, on September 1st I would go to the September divider and bring all those chores out to be sorted into the number dividers, spreading them out and being mindful of weekends, vacations, and days with lots of activities and less time for big chores. On September 3rd, I would look behind number divider "3" and perform those chores. Any chores completed would be refiled appropriately. For example, a weekly chore would be moved to the "10" (to be done on September 10th), a monthly chore would be left in place for the next month, etc. Any yearly chores would be filed back to the September divider and every other month chores would be refiled into November. I placed an example week of chores in the margin on the right as an example of one of my weeks in my chore box.
I have found this method of organizing my cleaning schedule to be so freeing! I no longer have to expend any energy trying to remember when a chore was last done, or rack my brain to think of a chore for a willing child. I direct any willing bodies to the chore box and let them choose a chore and refile it too! I don't have to worry about forgetting any chores, or noticing a forgotten chore when I have company! How do I get my children to be willing? I require them to "earn" screen time by completing their chores. I have assigned minutes for the chores and they take the responsibility to keep track of their earned minutes and have to mark them off when they "play" them off. When they are older, we will switch to monetary compensation.
I know you will love this concept and wonder what you did without it (besides stress out about the possibility of someone dropping by unannounced)! I hope you will tell your neighbors and friends about the freedom and peace of mind this cleaning system has brought you!
Currently, I am assembling each system by hand, and will make every attempt to fill your order promptly. See me working hard?
Once your payment is received, I will ship your cleaning system directly to you. Each cleaning system includes: 1 hand decorated tin (see below for available colors), 2 sets of organizing dividers, 68 chore cards, 3 instructional/informational cards (you will want to read these first to get you started) and 5 blank cards for your personalization. The current price is $24.99 plus shipping (typically $5.35 for priority mail) plus delivery confirmation. I can't wait for you to get started! I know you will be blessed! Be sure to see the post below for more pictures and color choices!
