maybe helping you with some of the little things around the house, like handing you the pegs as you hang the washing on the line, getting some things out of the fridge or pantry while you cook dinner, clearing the kitchen table,
when i was a little girl my mum gave me these little chores to do and rewarded me with my age ammount of money per week, eg. 5yr old, $5. It also included cleaning my room too :)

xx channy

Taking out the trash  ,keeping hs room clean ,  mind kids love cleaning the floor   just dont to must water in the bucket though. dusting is another one .If dad in the yard mowing he might be able to rake the leaves up  or pick up toys or sticks  to help dad or you out .

I strat my two with a small list    then added two to the list each year   as i found this work out great for them  

Hi..my boys are a bit younger than yours but what I found they like to do is helping to put dishes on the table for our meals and helping to put dirty clothes in the laundry.  They also like to put the dirty clothes in the washer, I have a front loading washer so that makes it fun, and the wet clothes in the dryer.  They feel like they helped to do the laundry.  I even let them help me fold and that is always a joy to watch because they have no clue how to fold but they are willing to learn how to do it.  You can also have them take the trash from the bathroom out since it is relatively a light bag.  Of course parental guidance is needed.  So here are some ideas:

1.  Taking out the trash from the bathroom with help from parents.
2.  Setting the table with the silverware or napkins.
3.  Making the bed
4.  Gathering the laundry to be washed and helping put in washer (parental help of course)
5.  Putting wet laundry in the dryer.
6.  Help fold clothes and put away.
7.  Wiping off table after dinner.

This is just a few ideas and of course it will depend on the abilities of your child as well and what they are able to handle.  I hope it steers you in the right direction and hope it helps you out with figuring things out.  Take care and have a great day!

hi there,

good question. my 16 month old doesnt get chores, but she loves taking a cloth and feather duster to clean the walls and floors. she says she's '' keen-ing''.

here's my ideas, hope they help

how about watering the plants and tossing the soil with a small fork. if you have indoor plants, the leaves can be dusted with a soft tissue. this will teach your child to care for nature, how to be gentle to the leaves and flowers so they dont break.

feather dusting anything and everything. dust settles all over and in corners and on walls.

shining up your cutlery. mom can do the knives , he can do the spoons and whatever else is safe for a 5 yr old to clean.

 

Setting the table for dinner, packing the things away after dinner. Perhaps to help sort out washing and put the powder in the machine (if he can reach), he could help with the dishes maybe....just the little things? Vacuuming, tidying up after he has finished with toys.... keep room clean.
PErhaps once a week he could help to cook dinner?
Hope some of these ideas help!

I've recently started this with my 3 year old.  She makes her bed in the morning and gets the milk and cereal out each morning.  She also dusts her bookshelf, makes sure her toys are tidy and her books are on the bookshelf, and she likes to vacuum.  She vacuums in her room and if I do it after she's done it she screams at me that it's already done! (sometimes it's hard to tell...)  She also has the job of picking up her dirty clothes and putting them in the washing maching as I put the washing through every night after we've had our baths.  She helps me hang them out on the clothes airers by passing them to me one at a time and she can hang out smaller items like face washers, socks, knickers, etc.  It's good for their self-esteem so long as the issue isn't forced I've found.  If she doesn't feel like doing certain things on certain days I remind her that she will only get a star if she helps out and if she doesn't help she doesn't get a star for that job on that day.  But I never use guilt or try to persuade her, in the end it is her choice.  I have recently run into trouble with her taking her time in the mornings when I need to get her to daycare so I can go to work, so now I have made a new section for that called "Getting to daycare on time" and she gets a star for every day I get her to daycare by 8am.  Hope this helps in some way.

Lots of  thngs a 5 year old can do.  Make bed.  Tidy toys away properly, feed any pets, tidy up after them. wipe out the bath so it's clean after a bath or if its dusty. get him a little broom & he can sweep skirting boards free of dust once a week (nice).  Clean the car of rubbish, help wash the car.  Get his own breakfast (if cereal) & tidy up after hmself.  Get himself ready on time no nagging for school.  Put all outside kids stuff away (bikes, balls etc), collect the mail (if he can reach) (get a letter rack & he can even sort it out for you..good reading practice, Mum's pile, dad's pile etc).  clean hi own shoes.  help sort laundry, (hi future wife will love you for that one) .  depends how much you want him to do.  Most people start off the chore thing with self help stuff such as remembering to bsuVh teeth morning & night no fuss, getting dressed no fuss, tidy up after self & make bed, brush hair etc.  My nephew when he was two loved helping Mum so she would pass him plastic things when unstacking the diswasher & he'd put them away at 2.  He' 10 now & one of hi daily jobs is loading & unlloading the dishwasher, that jobs been going 8 years lol.

the skys the limit on this for his age ,, vacumeing wiping down benches picking up his clothes ,, learing new things ,, helping with the shopping .. make up a help chart and also put stickers on it and praise him for his help ,, the chart will also give him some sort of dirrection to know what he has to do and when hes done that to get the reward ,as it might seem to the little ones it will take ages for their pocket money, this way he can see how far hes come close to getting it ,, but dont make it a alot of things for him to do as he will get tied of it easy and it might be too overwealing for him ...

as he gets older make up new charts with new responcabiltys with new rewards

hi,
      i've got something similar going in my house. Miss 6 has the job of making her bed in the morning (always interesting) and setting the table for dinner. For each one that she does without me having to nag her she gets a star to put in her fairy bucket. At the end of the week she get's to pick from two activites that her and I can do together. She also knows that if she helps me (without me asking her) with other things she will get a little bit of pocket money on Sunday to put in her money box. Works quite well for us two, hope it was some help.

fiona xoxox

Hi Lana, I have a 5 yo boy and I told him if he could offer me a hand on something that I'm going to do I would give him some rewards (it could be a pocket money for his money box). At the moment he loves to help me to take the empty willy bin from the verge back inside the gate, or helping me sweeping the back yard (eventhough he only collect the pile of leaves I've swept into the small bin). Other than that if he keep his bedroom clean before going to bed and always take his dirty laundry to the washing basket (which we put in the kitchen next to the laundry), we said to him that we would appreciate him and would be a reward by the end of the week. You could always give him a reward just by letting him do the morning routine you have set (ie. have breakfast, brush his teeth, change cloth, etc) without you asking him every morning.
Good luck.