I was so excited to do this review that I about jumped out of my chair to type the email – as getting organized is a goal of mine. I would love to talk with you about this amazing system. I tweaked the chore system for myself and my smaller family and I believe it has the possibility to benefit many others! Especially those with large families. This chore system is designed by Vicki Bentley of Everyday Homemaking and HSLDA’s The Early Years.
I love the concept of The Everyday Family Chore System:
- teach children how to do a chore
- provide cards so they have a reminder of how to do it properly
- assign the chores daily/weekly
- you, the parent, are free from following your children around answering their questions and verifying they “did the job right”.
- Put the system somewhere visible so everyone knows where it is and mom doesn’t have to be asked constantly.
The beginning part of the booklet explains the system and how it is supposed to work. The last part is full of “How-To-Do-It Cards” and the Job Labels (these are reproducible for your family, if needed). There are a lot of cards!
Some of the chores are: Sweep the stairs, Set the table, Clean switch plates and Empty dishwasher. There are also some blank cards so you can fill in any extras you may need. The cards are very detailed. Below is an example:
Where can you purchase it? It is 88 pages; coil-bound glossy cover and sells for $19.99.
- You can purchase your copy HERE.
- The Everyday Family Chore System is also available in ebook form for easy printing.
- View sample pages
- Visit the Everyday Homemaking Facebook page for practical ideas and tools for your family.
Although this system would work best for a large family, it did get me thinking so I made this for my preschooler:
Chore printable pictured via Homeschool Creations
Would I recommend this item to others? Absolutely! If you are someone with several children and could benefit from a system like this, I believe it is worth every penny. I love the concept and I learned some good thoughts behind “training your children up” correctly.
You might also be interested in Ellen’s review of Vicki Bentley’s Home Education 101: A Mentoring Program for New Homeschoolers.
Now for the giveaway! Two (2) Everyday Family Chore Systems!
Here’s praying you have fun learning!
Come visit Dawn over at her blog, Guiding Light Homeschool, on Facebook and on Twitter…new friends are ALWAYS welcome!
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Dawn is a woman of God who is married to the love of her life. She works part-time, homeschools their two boys (since 2008) and loves animals. She enjoys learning what the Lord will provide for each day. You can find her over at Guiding Light Homeschool.
Rebecca January 7, 2013 at 7:49 am
This looks great – something easy to implement for any family.
Christine January 7, 2013 at 8:08 am
We need to be more organized with chores!
Denice January 7, 2013 at 8:24 am
One of the things on my “list” for this month is get our chores back on track (we’ve gotten off track lately!!), I think this looks like the perfect guide for us!!
KRisten S January 7, 2013 at 8:37 am
With 4 kids..its time the older ones start helping me with chores. This could help!!
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Kristina Best January 7, 2013 at 8:39 am
I think it will help me help my boys learn a chore system.
Audria Story January 7, 2013 at 8:58 am
This looks like something I could really use. I’ve been struggling to come up with a system that would work with my family.
Megan V January 7, 2013 at 9:01 am
I would love to help my kids learn how to help me more!
Tiffani January 7, 2013 at 9:08 am
This is an area we could definitely use some help in!
Angela Hall January 7, 2013 at 9:21 am
My family would be blessed by this to keep us all accountable for getting chores done and I would know they are done. Right now I have 2 children old enough to do chores and 2 little ones that will be. I am always asking if chores got done or telling them to do them. I think this would keep us all better organized and make things less crazy around here.
Hillary E. January 7, 2013 at 9:31 am
This would be great! With two younger boys at home and a husband who travels during the week for his job, it would be a very helpful addition to our family!
Kim @ Homesteader's Heart January 7, 2013 at 9:35 am
I have yet to find a system that works for us. I would love to give this a shot. It sounds really good. Anything that makes it less frustrating for the Mom is a good thing.
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Christina January 7, 2013 at 10:01 am
It would help me be more consistent in getting my two eldest to do chores.
Celeste Barnard January 7, 2013 at 10:11 am
I just started homeschooling (this week!) and I have been looking for something to implement with my 3 kids. This looks fabulous!
Amanda January 7, 2013 at 10:20 am
I would LOVE this!! I have 4 boys – 3 who are actually old enough to do chores and this would help sooo much in getting us more organized – AND keep me from doing soooo much!!
Wendi S January 7, 2013 at 10:29 am
I love that it gives specific instructions on how to complete each chore…this set looks great!
maria January 7, 2013 at 10:31 am
This would be a blessing for my family it would help me be more consistent everyday and teaching my children to be responsible at home.
Dawn R January 7, 2013 at 10:40 am
I was searching pinterest for the perfect chore charts and was overwhelmed then this morning I see this…. looks perfect!!
Susan P January 7, 2013 at 10:48 am
I think it would help keep the visual of what they need to do out in the open. Not just words – pictures and outline too. Looks great!
Debbie January 7, 2013 at 11:08 am
Hopefully this will help with organizing my home and get my Dd to help!
Jessica Lynn January 7, 2013 at 11:14 am
Looks like a great read! Can’t wait to read it!
Kelly January 7, 2013 at 11:21 am
I’d love to see my kids start doing chores without being asked every time.
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Rachel @RunningRachel January 7, 2013 at 11:21 am
I think this will bless my family in the fact that it will bless ME as a mom… delegating the responsibilities around the house. Happier Mommy. Happier home.
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Amie January 7, 2013 at 11:31 am
This would be great in helping us stay organized!
Kala January 7, 2013 at 11:35 am
We need something! I think it would definately work for our family. I love the visual concept as well.
Jennifer Radtke January 7, 2013 at 12:31 pm
I think this would bless our family abundantly because my husband (a former Marine) would like more structure in our chore schedule.
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kelly January 7, 2013 at 2:01 pm
I know this would help us! I have an almost 3 year old starting to do some chores and a teenage stepson who just came to live with us and isn’t exactly a self starter when it comes to helping out around here.
Nicole January 7, 2013 at 2:21 pm
This would be perfect for my autistic son visually showing him how and when he needs to do his chores
Tarra January 7, 2013 at 3:01 pm
As a mother of 5 daughters I am definitely behind on domesticating them (lol, maybe not the best choice of wording), as the chaos that often erupts when I try, causes me to default back to just doing the task myself. I welcome anything that could help me in this area, and the simplicity this offers may be just what I need.
Jenny Whitaker January 7, 2013 at 3:05 pm
I have seen this book before and decided not to buy it because my children were too young, now that one of my children is old enough to start contributing to the family I had forgotten it until I saw this giveaway – I am so excited. Even if I don’t win, I am grateful to have been reminded about it so I can just go ahead and buy it! (But I hope I win!)
Catherine Vos January 7, 2013 at 3:21 pm
I am looking for a system and this looks great!
Veronica January 7, 2013 at 5:12 pm
My son is a great helper, but I’m not very good at teaching him what he can do and how to do it. And consistency is greatly lacking. This system would help us both in taking all the household responsibility off my shoulders and teaching my son (and eventually my daughters) the value of helping around the house.
Theresa Slauf January 7, 2013 at 10:25 pm
This looks incredible. This will help my family because of how detailed it is. I hope I win. Thank you for the chance.
Theresa
Tyra January 7, 2013 at 11:50 pm
It looks like a really cool resource! It would help us get more organized!!!
Lena January 8, 2013 at 9:28 am
This looks great. It looks like the very thing I have been thinking of but didn’t have the time to do.
Wendy January 8, 2013 at 3:35 pm
I think it would be great that everyone could use not just my readers. I really need help figuring out how to implement a chore system. I would live this!!!
jess carleton January 8, 2013 at 9:56 pm
Simple tasks and a plan would help us focus!
Heather McCully January 9, 2013 at 1:58 am
Chores are just always a chaotic time in my house…it would be nice to simplify them with this method.
Caroline B. January 10, 2013 at 6:28 pm
We just started our own chore system and talking to our kids about the importance of work. This looks much more organized and fun!
Kendra Neal January 10, 2013 at 6:34 pm
This would motivate my “non motivated” boys to actually help with chores
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Holly January 10, 2013 at 6:49 pm
I think this system would really help all of us to get better organized about the chores we need to do. There have been to many times recently where something has not gotten done…
Thank you for this opportunity!
Rebecca C January 10, 2013 at 7:03 pm
It will help my children know what is expected of them.