Beware....summer posting!!

I am so behind! We have been having so much fun this summer that I have not blogged all summer! I made a goal to blog every day this week to highlight some of the things we have been doing. If I don't document it...it all disappears out of my memory!!! :)
Today I am going to blog about my summer chores program. It is working AWESOME! We have been consistent and really do finish our daily chores every day. I decided that in the summer (when I have more time with the kids) I will introduce new jobs and teach how to do them. So far, we have learned to clean bathroom completely, learned to sort and fold laundry and organize their rooms!!! They are getting it. Here are their job charts!


Each child has their own chart with jobs for each day. I have decided that if I give them jobs that can be accomplished within a couple hours (if they actually do them)they won't get discouraged. The key for me is... not to nag. I have found something that ALL my kids want... "SCREENS"!!!! So I tell them that if they want to watch TV or play the computer then they have to do their jobs. I don't nag or ask them to do it. At first some of the kids didn't do their jobs and went without TV/computer ALL DAY! I told them that I didn't want them to waste their time watching TV anyway! :) Soon they realized that I am serious and they decide on their own to do them. IT WORKS GREAT!!! This is the first summer that I have actually followed through with my summer ideas! Another "key" to making this work is ...when you are done with the jobs...really be done! Don't add anymore jobs! JUST PLAY!!!! It has been such a fun summer! I am going to be sad when school starts!

Even cooking skills are fun when your housework is done!!! This is a creation from J! They were so good! It is peanut butter cookies with melted chocolate and marshmallows!! YUUUUMMMMM!


More to come tomorrow!!