Little Jobs

Soo .. thought I would share what I do at home for rewards etc .... We have done the rewards charts for stickers since he was little and it used to be the thrill of getting them etc but they have now lost their charm .... So stickers now have a value!! 15 stickers are accumulated for a prize ... only $10 in value ... or if he collects 30 .. it is an outing ...

For example at the moment .. he picked a marble race track game from kmart for his reward at the end .... 

Our Reward Challenge This Month - 4 Stickers Already!!

Stickers can be accumulated by having a no tantrum - no get out of bed before the alarm goes kind of day ... or by doing little chores around the house ... He gets to choose if his sticker goes on the outing wall ... or if it goes on the reward box ... which I love because he is making a conscious decision that can't be changed ... 

He has started doing stuff like (under my watchful eye of course)

Collecting the mail - which has to be done for the week for a sticker as it is pretty basic....
Sorting out a basket of his clothes into his clothes drawers ...
Putting Dirty clothes in the washing machine... 

Emptying the plastics and cutlery out of the dishwasher .. (not sharps obviously incase he stumbles)

I don't count cleaning his room or putting the toys away in the toyroom sticker worthy ... only because my philosophy (or OCD - whatever you want to call it lol) is if you pull it out .. you put it away!! He understands that... and knows that if he is going to pull out a whole toybox ... he has to put them away before he pulls out another .. works pretty well for us if I am going to be honest :)

I have been meaning to share this little age appropriate chore chart that I stumbled upon a couple of months ago ... I am only making him do stuff within his capabilities ... obviously Boogies hands don't have the motor skills required to wash glass plates but he knows how to stack the dishwasher or hand wash with his plastic stuff and I am happy with that!!!

What kinds of things do you expect or get your kids to do around the house?? I am looking for lots of kiddy friendly good ideas!!