Kids Chores Seasonally by Age

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Kids Chores Seasonally By Age: A Simple Guide to Age-Appropriate Home Chores.

How much can you reasonably expect a child to help out with at home? Here's a simple guide to seasonal chore assignments for kids - by age.

Ages 2 and Under:

1 Pick up outside toys

2 Collect snails in a pail

Ages 3 to 5:

Previous chores, plus:

1 Put away outside toys and games (and all their pieces) in the proper boxes or bins

2 Help with planting

3 Water outside plants

4 Debug Plants

5 Sponge clean the outdoor play table

Ages 6 to 9:

Previous chores, plus:

1 Take indoor plants outside for a gentle washing

2 Rake leaves

3 Sweep the patio and porches

4 Do easy yard work such as weeding

5 Help clean the pool strainer baskets

Ages 10 to 13:

Previous chores, plus:

1 Clean the patio and patio furniture

2 Plant vegetables, annual and bulbs

3 Harvest vegetables

4 Mulch plants

5 Take compostable material to the compost pile

6 Polish silver

7 Shovel snow