{"id":2072,"date":"2019-11-03T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/?p=2072"},"modified":"2019-10-14T14:19:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T14:19:52","slug":"age-appropriate-chores-for-ages-3-to-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/2019\/11\/03\/age-appropriate-chores-for-ages-3-to-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Age Appropriate Chores for Ages 3 to +12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2084\" src=\"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/PaddyBlog4-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/PaddyBlog4-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/PaddyBlog4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/PaddyBlog4-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/PaddyBlog4-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/PaddyBlog4-660x660.png 660w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/PaddyBlog4-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/PaddyBlog4-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/PaddyBlog4.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>These ideas are adapted from the Modern Family website. I have selected FIVE chores, but let&#8217;s call them <strong>Family Responsibilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AGE 3<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>put away toys, pillow, loose bedding and books<\/li>\n<li>place dirty clothes in the hamper<\/li>\n<li>carry clean clothes (in a bin) to the bedroom<\/li>\n<li>Throw away trash in waste bins<\/li>\n<li>Carry small loads of groceries\/firewood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AGE 4-5<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>make the bed<\/li>\n<li>feed the family pets<\/li>\n<li>pick-up toys to be put away<\/li>\n<li>help make simple snacks<\/li>\n<li>pull weeds and water plants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Age 6-7<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sweep the kitchen floor. sidewalk, porch or patio<\/li>\n<li>collect bedroom trash cans for garbage day<\/li>\n<li>rake leaves<\/li>\n<li>fold clothes and match socks<\/li>\n<li>help make salads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AGE 8-9<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>walk the dog or keep pets toys cleaned up<\/li>\n<li>put away groceries<\/li>\n<li>wipe down the bathroom counters\/ replace TP<\/li>\n<li>fold and put away laundered clothes; put away shoes and boots<\/li>\n<li>help make breakfast\/lunch\/dinner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AGE 10-11<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>vacuum<\/li>\n<li>help clean garage and sweep driveway<\/li>\n<li>wash mirrors and wipe down counters<\/li>\n<li>make snacks for the family\/ help make lunch for&nbsp; school<\/li>\n<li>bring in the mail and sort it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AGE&nbsp; +12<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>clean own bedroom and play areas; help younger siblings clean-up<\/li>\n<li>mow the lawn<\/li>\n<li>mop floors and help wash&nbsp; windows<\/li>\n<li>help grocery shop and cook meals<\/li>\n<li>help detail cars and be the helper for simple home repairs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,332,281,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-goal-intention-setting","category-independent-skills","category-support-for-families"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2072"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2090,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072\/revisions\/2090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}