My 4-year-old is still too young for me to say "clean up the living room" or "take everything that goes in your room back there." So I end up sitting on the couch, telling him what to do line by line. Exhausting! Enter chore sticks!
I saw much fancier versions on Pinterest, but I lack fancy crafting tools. So I bought a pack of colored craft sticks at Lakeshore and wrote individual chores on the sticks. I used the colors for each room that the thing is in. (Red sticks indicate a living room chore, e.g.) This is not so much for him, but so I can more quickly find the chore I'm looking for to put in his "To Do" jar. Here's how it works:
1) There are two jars: "to do" and "all done." (Right now they're in glass jars, but I might sew a little two pocket system when I have time.)
2) Put chores you want to be done in the "to do" jar. Then you dictate when they must be "all done" (e.g. before lunch, before you play Wii).
3) They do one chore at a time and bring you the stick when they think they've completed the chore.
4) You confirm that the chore is done to your liking and if so, hand it back to them and say "All done!"
5) They get really excited and put their stick back in the "all done" jar.
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