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Chores for toddlers: Can they help around the house this summer?

Dinosaurs chores for toddlers chart example

Dinosaurs chores for toddlers chart example

There are kids EVERYWHERE.

So, that’s an exaggeration. However, its the summer holidays, and where there were kids at school, there are now kids all around your feet while you try and put stuff in the washing machine, hang things out, cook, clean, and generally prove to the world that you are a domestic god or goddess.

If you are like me, you started off shoving them in front of the telly, but now they are bored and they want to “help” so lets build them a toddler chore chart and get them helping around the house! They don’t have to do it everyday of course, but they can tick off the chore when they do; or even colour it in.

Chores for toddlers: 8 chores they can muck in with

But what chores for toddlers are there? Surely if I let me 3 year old’s mits near anything to do with the house, that is going to spell disaster? Wrong. They will adore helping you out. You are, after all, Team {insert surname here}!

Suggestions to be starting with including:

  1. Hanging clothes up (or perhaps just picking them up off the floor, if putting them on a hanger is a bit too hard)
  2. Helping put the washing away
  3. Looking after the pets (my kids feed the cats every so often; and cats don’t care, but the kids love it)
  4. Making their beds (though this may actually consist when they are younger of just pulling back the duvet, or making sure cuddle cat stays in bed rather than getting lost at the swings and slides)
  5. Putting the shopping away
  6. Setting the table
  7. Tidying up
  8. Washing up (or perhaps just taking their things to the sink to be washed up).

Getting an extra pair of hands to help may not make things take less time, but it’ll give your little one a sense of responsibility and a feeling that they have helped their mummy. And that can’t be a bad thing now can it?

Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, website editor and a qualified counsellor with experience of working with both children and adults.She is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapists, with her own private practise. She also freelances with her local Mind organisation.Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, use those grey cells at the same time, and supplement her counselling income.KiddyCharts has reach of over 680k across socials and the site. The site works with big family brands to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. She is a specialist counsellor for neurodivergent individuals and brings this expertise to her resources and the site. She is also an ADHDer herself.KiddyCharts gives 51%+ profits to charities, focused on supporting mental health and a community in TanzaniaHelen has also worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on.Get in touch TODAY!

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