Whats on Your Chore Charts and Whats Your Secret to Keeping to Them Daily?

I have a 7 year old and a four year old. Here is what my children rotate doing: Setting the table, vacuuming the kitchen, putting clean silverware away from dishwasher and emptying the dryer so I can fold the clothes. They also put their own clothes away, help carry groceries in and pick up the main living areas of our home. They also help dust and clean toilets when asked.
What keeps my children motivated is what they earn when the chores are completed. At our house, we let them earn computer time. You know what your children's "currency" is. I reccommend starting with that. The 7 year old is old enough to understand money so a small allowance might work great. My good friend started her young children on a penny a chore until they got old enough to understand money better.
Hope these ideas help.

Check out www.handipoints.com. You can customize it to your liking. It can be printed or your older child can check it off on the computer and win "prizes". It's a great motivator.

I have a child with special needs, but we implemented a chore chart for him that might help you with your 2yo.

Silverware - after the knives and unusual utensils are taken out I put it on the counter above the silverware drawer and call him in (you may want to use a step stool). Worth 1 credit (explained below).

Towels - the wash clothes and hand towels are his domain. Also the towels that button onto the cabinets in the kitchen (great motor skill to button). Every 5 towels are worth 1 credit.

Pick up - Picking up toys after playing (working on doing this without being told). Worth 1 credit.

Trash - taking some smaller bags out to the large can and putting a fresh liner (bag) into the can after it is taken out. Worth 1 credit per 3 cans.

Dusting - my older son usually does this, but every so often the yonger one will grab a Swiffer duster (I love these things) and walk around dusting everything (chairs, toys, people, etc). I award 1 credit for effort.

Homework - This is usually only used in the school year, but we also reward for reading in the summer. (This can be for your older daughter.) Worth 1 credit per subject/page of homework (1 credit per 20 minutes of reading).

I do not pay an "allowance". I pay on "commission". If the child does chores, the child gets paid weekly for what is DONE. Once the child has earned enough to buy something, we take a trip to the store with the money (this also teaches the value of money). I have assigned 5 cents per credit (I'm cheap). My older son just recently asked for a raise. LOL

Please google: Dave Ramsey

His book is EXCELLENT and will go into more detail on this principle.

Blessings,

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our chore list is a check list and all I do is have my son initial each item as he does it and turn it in before breakfast. I dont pay for chores I feel like we all live there so we need to help each other out and take pride in or home. If he wants to earn money we look at other out of the way jobs like washing the car, earning good grades, etc. Once you make it a habbit its just part of the day and the kids dont really fight me on it. for the two year old maybe just have her be your help mate and pick up toys. I used to sing the clean up song while my daughter put her toys in a basket.

We have a star chart for my 7 year old. When she does her chores, she gets a star. If, at the end of the week, she has 15 out of 20 stars, she gets a prize. We just pick up random age-appropriate stuff from the dollar store.
She does help with the baby, feeding the dog, cleaning her room, putting away her clothes, and having no attitude. She loves getting her stars at the end of every day.