The chore calendar printable is more than just a chore calendar, it includes chore charts, responsibility charts, and more! The family chore chart will help younger kids and older kids alike with remembering which household chores they need to do and give them a sense of responsibility.
Chore Calendar Printable
The chore calendar printable is more than just a calendar, it includes chore charts, responsibility charts, daily routine pages, and more!
This 36-page PDF format download is colorful, helping bring some cheer to the things your children need to do on a daily basis. You can print it out and put it on the fridge or anywhere they’re likely to see it on a regular basis, or use it digitally.
If you have more than one child, you only have to buy this once as you can download it and print as many times as you need it so each child has their own chore chart. You can also choose to use the chore charts that list all the chores together for more than one child at a time.
Whether you have older children or young children they’ll love the fun colors of these charts to help them manage their daily chores before they get free time to do what they want.
Not only will the chore calendar printable help your children complete the chores that are assigned to them, it’ll also help them with time management as they’ll soon figure out how long each chore takes them and that it won’t actually take ‘all day’ like they probably will say at first.
They’ll feel a sense of accomplishment when they check off the chores, at least I know I do and I don’t even get an allowance for it!
You can even include other family members in on the chores such as the parents so kids can see everyone is pulling their own weight! Obviously, we as parents know that we’re doing a whole lot but using a visual chore chart is a great way to help kids see it too!
Details of the Chore Calendar Printable
The Chore Calendar Printable includes the following:
- Chore charts in 3 designs with daily chores and weekly chores
- Reward charts in 3 designs
- Allowance chart
- Screen time charts in 2 designs
- Behavior charts in 3 designs
- Responsibilities chart
- Daily schedule in 2 designs
- Weekly chore charts
- Monthly schedule
- School day chart
- Daily checklist in 2 designs
- Consequence chart
- Morning routine
- Afternoon routine
- Bedtime routine
- Before School checklist
- After school checklist
- Before bedtime checklist
- Morning routine checklist with pictures
- Morning homeschool routine with pictures
- Bedtime routine with pictures
- Homework tracker
- Reading log
- Reading tracker
Basic Chores
It’s important to have basic chores that are age appropriate for your individual children that will encourage them to help with household tasks as well as feel a sense of accomplishment once completed. You don’t want the tasks to be too difficult that they won’t want to do them but also not so easy that they think it’s beneath them.
Having a chore system of sorts where you have chores based on the ability and maturity level of your children can help. You can also have something such as behavior bucks they can earn if you don’t want to use actual money, it’s all up to you!
Below you can see I’m working on the chore chart for my 3 boys. A lot of their chores are the same and I’ll add in more as I think of them but it’s off to a good start!
I was showing my 8 year old all of the different charts that come within this pack and he is so excited about them. He even said that he thinks we should do a consequence chart so he and his brothers know what consequences of bad behaviors like hitting each other will be.
I’m shocked but getting right on it!! Anything to help a little more peace around here!!
Age-Appropriate Chores with Examples
Did you know that children as young as 2 years old can help with household tasks?
When my oldest was 2 years old I was very pregnant with my twins so had a hard time getting up and was always hungry and thirsty due to all of my nutrients going to growing two babies! My then 2 year old would grab me snacks, water, things I dropped on the floor, etc. He didn’t know them as ‘chores’ per se but just helping mom around the house.
Once the twins were born he helped grab bottles, dropped pacifiers, bibs, and so on and so forth.
Here are age-appropriate chores your children could start completing today!
Toddler Age: 2-3 Years Old
Basic chores to get your child started include:
- Put toys away – sometimes playing or singing the clean up song can help with this
- Wiping up spills – ensure the towels are in a low enough drawer they can reach
- Help load the clothes washer and dryer
- Put away books in bookshelves
- Put their dirty clothing in a hamper
- Dust or wipe baseboards (just don’t use any chemical sprays around them)
Preschool Age: 4-5 Years Old
In addition to the chores above, preschool age children can:
- Pull weeds – my kids LOVE doing this, they even have their own gardening gloves
- Water flowers
- Clear the table
- Load the dishwasher
- Empty the dishwasher
- Dust with a cloth or Norwex Dusting Mitt which is our favorite!
- Sort laundry
- Help set the table – especially silverware since that won’t break
- Bring in light groceries and boxes from outside
- Put their laundry away – we fold their laundry and sort it and then they put it in their dresser or closet
- Throw garbage in the trash can and recycling in the recycling bin
Early Elementary Age: 6-9 Years Old
Once they’re in preschool or early elementary school, they likely will know how to read which takes some pressure off of parents when it comes to the chore charts. No longer will you have to stand there and read them their chores, they’ll be able to read. Granted…they still may pretend they didn’t see it… 😉
In addition to the basic chores above, early elementary age children can:
- Put away groceries
- Clean their bedrooms without a lot of supervision (hopefully)
- Sweep the floors, especially under the kitchen table!
- Help rake the yard
- Help prepare meals with parent supervision
- Get or Make themselves snacks
- Wipe down the table and counter cloths after meals
- Mop the floor (especially with a Norwex mop!)
- Empty indoor garbage cans into the kitchen trash
- Fold and put away laundry or hang it up
- Wipe smudges from low windows, without the use of chemicals
- Bring empty trash and recycling bins from the street back to the house/garage
- Help wash the family car
Middle School Age: 10-13 Years Old
By Middle School they may be a bit rebellious but if you’ve started chores early, it should just be part of their daily routine at this point so hopefully it won’t be too difficult to get them to continue to help out!
Middle School age children can do all of the above plus:
- Put the inside trash in the outside trash bins
- Dump the inside recycling into outside recycling bins
- Use the clothes washer and dryer without supervision – just make sure they don’t use too much detergent!!
- Prepare simple meals for themselves and maybe even the family!
- Wash the family car on own
- Wash dishes by themselves
- Load and unload the dishwasher without supervision or help
- Babysit younger siblings with parents in the home (to get them used to it before you leave them alone!)
- Wrap presents
High School Age: 14-18
By high school age your kids will likely just want to be out with their friends BUT having them complete chores before they get to do so is a huge help around the house overall.
In addition to the household tasks above, high school age kids can do the following:
- Clean the bathroom including the toilet, sink, and shower/bathtub
- Mow the lawn
- Make meals that aren’t as simple
- Clean windows inside and out
- Help deep clean the kitchen including cabinets, appliances, fridge, etc.
- Babysit younger siblings for short periods of time without parents in the home
- Run short errands around town, especially once they have their license
- Help others in the community
Chore Calendar for the Family
The 36-page pdf file includes visual chore charts that are colorful and fun that will help get the whole family involved in household tasks. It includes customizable chore charts that you can write in any chores that you want your children to complete, helping them learn a strong work ethic and valuable life skills.
Having a colorful visual chore chart helps chores actually get completed!
Beyond the basic chore charts, the school day charts, consequence charts, checklists, homework tracker, and more will help your kids with time management and life skills!
The routine checklists including morning, afternoon, before school, after school, bedtime and more will help them as well!
Importance of Chore Calendar / Chore Charts
Whether you have young children or older children, having some help around the house with household tasks as well as instilling valuable life skills within your children is important to do when they’re young to help them throughout life. If they never have to help with household tasks, they are likely to keep a messy house once they’re on their own, lose things, and frustrate future roommates or partners!
Start by listing out all your household duties as a parent then delegate some out to your kids, depending on their ages. Involve your kids in the process and it’s likely to go better than you expect!
I’ve done all the hard work for you, now just grab the printable chore calendar / chore charts today and get started! It’s the perfect solution with several great chore charts for instant download now!
Ways to Use the Chore Charts
Here are some ideas of how to use the printable chore charts:
- Print out the chore charts and write on them each week, printing off a new one each week
- Print out the chore charts, write the basic chores and daily tasks on them, then laminate them to have your children mark off with dry erase markers
- Print out the chore charts and laminate them before writing on them so you can use them over and over again even when the chores change
- Print out the chore charts and put them in a sheet protector to hang on the fridge so you can use them over and over again
- Use them digitally, have it in a shared app where everyone can mark them off from their own device (this may be a bit more complicated and easy to forget since it’s not front and center in the kitchen or bulletin board)
Here are some products I recommend to compliment the chore charts if you’d like to laminate them, have them in reusable pockets, or have them on a bulletin board instead of your fridge.
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As a mom of identical twins and a son two years older, I have gained invaluable experience in the realm, and chaos, of parenting. With a Master's Degree and Education Specialist Degree in School Psychology, I spent years as a school psychologist, helping children navigate through their educational and emotional challenges. Now as a stay at home mom and professional blogger, I combine my areas of expertise to help you in your parenting journey.