Choreganizer

I saw this chore system on a blog I read and it got such good reviews by the mom that I thought I would try it. I googled it and with shipping it cost less than $20.00, so I thought if it doesn't work, it wasn't something I'd feel too tied to. I must say, I am not disappointed. We have only been using it a little over a week, but it is just what I was looking for, for this stage of life. It's simple (for me and the boys), motivating, colorful, and fun!

The choreganizer comes as a book with everything you need inside of it, waiting to be punched out. It comes with 6 chore displays. Obviously we only need two right now, but for those of you who aren't planning to have 6 kids, the book said that you may want to consider putting 2 per child in the house. For example, you may want to put the "make your bed", "get dressed" chores in their room, and household chores in a more central location. Here are the boys charts from the other day. I added brads (the gold part) to mine and hole punched the cards to make them a little easier to take them on and off. The way that it works is that you choose up to 5 chore cards for your child and hang them up so that the child can check their chores in the morning. What I love is that the cards have pictures so that even little ones can understand them. There is writing on the back to describe them in more detail. As your child completes their chore they put it in the pocket at the bottom of the chart. At then end of the day we look at their chore chart and see if all of their chores were completed. Some chores aren't taken down until the end of the day. For instance, on this day, Knox was "mommy's helper" for the day and Drew was "the baby helper" for the day. Even though the boys have that specific chore, they understand that they may still be asked to be involved in their brothers chore. When we see that their chores are complete for the day they earn a "mommy or daddy" dollar. Sometimes I hang the cards back up, and sometimes they help me. What they are working towards is an opportunity to shop at the Chore Store. We have chosen that night to be Sunday's so that we know daddy is here and we can make it family time.

Knox's Chart

Mommy's helper

Self grooming

Make bed

Clean Room

Help put away laundry

Drew's Chart

Baby helper

Clean Room

Make bed

Self grooming

Complete school assignments

Here is a picture of the money.

Here is a picture of other chore cards to choose from. They also include blank cards so that you can create your own unique chores.

I thought about doing a treasure box, but then decided to set up the included sign and spread all of the choices on the table. I want to have a variety of fun things to choose from, but I didn't put out everything I have. I want to make sure I have something different to add each time. Even if it's just one thing. I used clip art on the computer to make coupons for certain items. Like for $3.00 they could get a coupon to go out for ice cream. They have to keep the coupon and turn it in when they want to redeem it.

Here are the boys with their money. They were so excited that each morning before I even got up they had made their beds, brushed their teeth (which I ended without us around, what a mess!) gotten dressed for the day, and picked up toys. They have been really good about checking their charts.

Here is Knox after buying bubbles. They each chose to save some money for next time. They are saving up to see the Lion King which comes out in a few weeks.

So far, so good!