Managing A Large Family… Schedules & Rewards

I have created so many chore charts, reward systems I can't even remember them all.. These systems are usually versatile and applicable to our families structure at that given time. I often scour the internet for ideas and modify them for our family. This is our current system 

First we have a scheudle, or as I prefer, a routine. 

(I wanted to point out an "error".. Lunch is after mentoring and personal study.. aka "school time")

We also have a chore wheel 

The chore wheel works as such..

First we have two types of chores in our home. Personal Chores- ie making your bed, taking care of your clothes, etc. And Family Chores. This chart applies to family chores.

I took the chores we had already had assigned.

The chores are as follows:

    these chores are done 3x day- 15 min chore

Kitchen: wash table, chairs,  sweep

Living Room: Clear off couches, pick of floor and sweep

Bathroom: clean counters, wipe toilet, sweep floor

School Room: Put away supplies, sweep

Pantry: make dishes food are put away properly, sweep

Dishes: wash dishes, put away clean ones

    these are the done as needed chores

Van: cleaning out the inside of the van as needed

Laundry: take laundry from dryer and help fold towels

Porch: porch/yard clean and free of clutter

Meal Helper : Prepare dinner or help prepare dinner depending on age. 

Stairs & Hall: sweep hall, bedrooms and stairs

Play room: pick up toys put up books sweep

I have the chores divided in to partner teams.

Jacob 12 and Urijah 3 

Quinten 10 and Ezra 1

Abigail 8 and Olivia 4

Isaac 7 and Zachary 5

The chart can be rotated as you wish.. I have been rotating it daily and it is working well. ( the chore wheel is stationary, the name wheel rotates) This is by far the easiest system I have implemented. We have been using it for months. 


This is our bulletin board in our school room 

 the rewards ladder, is as it says. Do good, move up, do wrong move down.. At the end of the day a reward is given based on our position on the chart. We just started the ladder, so its a new system for us and we have not worked out the kinks yet.

Rewards List

Points can be traded for

computer minutes 1pt=1 min 

5-20 points

 G

25-45 points

Prize from treat box 

50-70 points

Watch tv with mom /dad 

75-85 points

Prize from treasure box 

90-95 points

Get out of chore free card 

100 points

Special activity with Mom/Dad

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