Besides giving you a valuable helping hand with household chores and showing your kids how important it is to play an active part in family life, getting children involved in chores helps them develop a wide range of motor skills and learn the precious value of effort, which will serve them well their whole lives.
To make it easy to assign chores to your little ones and older kids alike, Les Belles Combines designed a set of Magnétos chore magnets that you can place on the weekly planner, on the big family task chart or on your child's own small task chart. The chores included are divided into six different levels, each with its own colour, and we designed them that way for all of these reasons:
Chores that match your child's developmental level
A three-year-old obviously can't do the same chores as their ten-year-old big brother, and of course, it's important to help your child build a variety of skills related to household chores as they grow.
Colours that make assigning chores easier
Since each level has its own colour, it's easy for kids to know which chores they'll need to do over the coming day or week. In the same way, when all the chore Magnétos are placed on a big weekly chore chart used by the whole family, it's easier for parents to see at a glance which child has actually taken care of the responsibilities they were given for the week.
A level-up ritual
Each time children move up a level, they're given not only new chores (more challenging ones, of course) but also new privileges! Because growing up means more than extra responsibilities: it also means finally getting more of those much-appreciated freedoms! Be sure to check out the printable that makes it easy to decide which new freedoms to give your child based on the level they've reached!
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The small five- or ten-step task chart
The Housekeeping Department printables
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