Daily routine chart

but in small doses.I have used a sleep chart for my daughter which was magic but for daily routines,  Micro management is always in the back of my mind. I think that they would work well in my family but not sure how to go about it. I fear that I would slot everything into that chart.  If I could see some examples that would be great.

We use charts and I am a big big fan of them, I don't think there is a better way to really include your child in their upbrining and help them to participate in the home-economy.  I've even done a whole post about how we came about to getting our current chart together on my blog before, that's how much I love it.

I agree with some of these previous commenters though. This system sounds counterproductive, it's on the right track without a doubt but the punishment could use a little revamping, in my opinion. Enforcing consequences on all children when one doesn't live up to their expectations isn't just unfair it's not at all constructive and eliminates any chance for real logical consequences to be enforced in the process. First of all it only reinforces the slackers child's tendancies by showing them that they don't have to do their chores because afterall their siblings who are hard workers to begin with now have motivation to do them for him/her. Second of all if none of the children are being rewarded for their work because one didn't do it, it gives none of them something to look forward to or aspire to. They can do all their work and still not be rewarded. As adults how would we respond if we went into work at the end of the wekk after a particularly hard week where we've worked long hours only to be told by our boss that so-and-so coworker didn't show up on Tuesday so despite the twelve hours we put in we won't be getting paid for it - unless we want to put in their twelve hours too. Yeah, that'd go over well.

I also agree with firefly, it's never too early to start instilling good habits. And properly handling responsibility is nothing more than habit.

I am trialling a rewards system at the moment which has a chore chart for each child and a behaviour chart for each child. Ticks are awarded as they complete each chore or each listed behaviour. (using nice wirds, manners, sharing etc)  Each week the ticks for each chart are added up then erased (start the chart again) and the totals put towards a monthly tally. The ticks for the chores are are totalled each month and converted to money for them to buy a reward of their choice (personal reward). Ticks from the behaviour charts are converted to a family reward. (Today we took the boys to Point Cook Air museum - see my blog -  great pics)
I will share the charts in more detail as it is still a work in progress but it is yet another one of my masterpieces .

i think they're excellent to have. You get an organised family, and there's no fights on who's turn it is etc.

It sounds good, but i am not sure that I would be able to punish one child for someone elses mistakes. And what if one child is always doing more of the other.. I don't think that is fair...

But I would do the chart, when one child sees that the other is doing what they want, then maybe they will pick up their act....

I'll see, still only have one child at the moment, well 2 but one lives with her mother... Francis is a bit young for chores...

Great idea!  I'm never sure if it's fair to punish the whole group when one messes up, but at the same time I LOVE it when they all pitch in and help each other out.  That's so important.  I always waffle on that one.  Do the kids get really mad at the sibling who didn't get the chores done?

How old is your little one (I'll go check your profile right away)?  We had a list of chore/task for our 2 year old.  It works great.  They carried their little list around everyday until everything was done.  I have a picture of what we did listed in my advice.  It's titled, Ideas For Posting Morning and Bedtime Routines.