Parents, foster carers and family support workers looking for age-appropriate chores for children can use this colourful one-page poster to encourage children to join in with everyday home routines. It offers simple kids’ household jobs that help young children feel included, useful and recognised as part of the family.
Everyday family routines can become useful opportunities for children to practise responsibility, cooperation and independence. The poster lists ten small household tasks that children can do with suitable adult support, making it relevant for parents, carers, foster families and practitioners working with younger children.
Suggested chores include setting the table, matching socks and sorting laundry, feeding a pet, unpacking shopping, watering plants and helping to prepare food. Food-related ideas are kept simple and child-friendly, such as washing fruit and vegetables, tearing lettuce or stirring ingredients.
Further jobs focus on clearing up after meals, sorting recycling, getting ready to go out and looking after a shared room. Children are encouraged to carry safe items, put belongings away, fill water bottles, return books and games, and help keep shared spaces tidy.
A closing reminder asks adults not to redo a child’s work in front of them simply because it differs from their own standard. Instead, it promotes noticing the contribution and offering specific praise. Print the poster for a kitchen, family room, foster home or parenting session as a visual prompt for children’s chores and family participation.
