It’s not every day you get an email from your kindergarten Sunday School teacher, especially if your last day of kindergarten was 32 years ago.
Last week I received an email from Mrs. Nelson, one of my favorite Sunday School teachers. I don’t remember much about her class, but I do remember looking forward to Sunday mornings when I was a young. Even in my youth I could tell Mrs. Nelson was born to be a teacher. She is loved by kids and parents, which is why she taught for almost 4o years!
What I didn’t know about Mrs. Nelson is that she has written several books and one of them fits quite well with my Age Appropriate Chores for Kids article. Her book, A Child’s Book of Responsibilities
This books takes a hands on approach to teaching children responsibility around the house.
The small book contains several color coded cards with either daily or weekly responsibilities printed on the front.
The cards fit into pockets in the book. On the back of each card the details of each responsibility are listed.
Once the jobs are completed the card is placed into the next pocket in the book which is for completed cards.
This system is so simple and it works! The illustrations are kid friendly and help children identify the chores even if they can’t read. Kids love the feeling of accomplishment when they move the card from one pocket to another.
If you are looking for an easy to use chore accountability system for your children I would encourage you to check out A Child’s Book of Responsibilities
One more thing about Mrs. Nelson (and yes, I STILL call her Mrs. Nelson). She has a blog! Can you believe it? I love it when older, wiser women publish their wisdom on the internet for those of us who are still in the middle of things! If you have a moment I would encourage you to visit her blog, Colored With A Positive Crayon. It is a relatively new site but she has some great parenting articles published already.
My 15 month old already puts her dirty clothes in the laundry basket and throw away her dirty diapers. I am so proud of her!
Thanks so much for sharing about this, this is just the right age level for my kids, and I’ve been trying to figure out how to get them more motivated to help with their special jobs!
What a cute idea!
My 18 month old has been putting her dirty clothes in a basket for about 4 months now, she will take off her cloth diaper and hand it to me if she’s peed in it (poo she let me know so I can take it off without a mess), she will hand me dishes from the dishwasher (age appropriate ones), loves to feed the cats, and sweeps with her own little broom set I got her. She does so much to help around the house, it’s amazing!