How to Teach Your Kids to Help with Chores

Are you constantly picking up your kids’ clothes and toys? Follow these simple steps to teach them to lend a hand.Are you constantly picking up your kids’ clothes and toys? Follow these simple steps to teach them to lend a hand.

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You Will Need

  • A positive attitude
  • Patience
  • Poster board
  • Stickers
  • A marker

Steps

  1. Step 1

    Create a clean-up song

    Make up a catchy clean-up song with the kids. When it is time to clean-up, initiate it by singing your song.

  2. Step 2

    Clean together

    Make cleaning a joint effort and praise your children for their hard work.

  3. Be specific with cleaning instructions and follow through.

  4. Step 3

    Reward your helpers

    Offer a trip to the park or an allowance to provide an incentive for hard work.

  5. Makes chores fun, never a punishment.

  6. Step 4

    Make a chore board

    Make a chore board to let kids keep track of chores accomplished. Let them decorate the chore board with stickers or their own drawings.

  7. Step 5

    Make it a game

    Make cleaning a game by seeing who can clean the fastest, the quietest, or while dancing.

  8. Step 6

    Make it routine

    Be consistent and firm. Cleaning will become a part of daily life, not a chore.

  9. Did you know? In the United States, the average six-room home collects 40 pounds of dust per year.

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