The other day, M came home from school and was buzzing with excitement about dusting! I hate dusting with a passion. So, being the amazing mommy I am, I have *graciously* allowed her to take over the light dusting. We brought up the concept of chores with M and let her pick out 5 tasks that she thought wanted to add to her list of responsibilities.
The hubby and I have decided that she is old enough to have both family member responsibilities AND chores. What is the difference? At our house, "family member responsibilities" are tasks that are expected for being of part of the family. Examples from our house: putting your dishes in the sink, picking up your toys and helping feed the dogs.
We have found another perk to "paid chores!" When M started kindergarten, she also started requesting a lot of new toys. We have told her that if she wants new toys, she will have to earn money to buy what she wants. My busy little helper bee is so excited to start chores!
Today, I had her help me design her chore chart. It came out more adorable than I expected- so I thought that we would share it with you!
JUST CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO GET A FREE PRINTABLE VERSION!
Have a great day!
Do your kids get paid for chores?
How ironic - M wants to add more structure to her life, and is almost begging for it... She doesn't have an unstructured home - far from it!
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ReplyDeleteI love this! What a great idea for busy moms.
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of friends who have children with autism. There is one thing I do know at that is no matter where on the spectrum their child is, even if the same spectrum as someone else, they are still very different. With autism, there is no one answer.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing these book titles. We have several family members on the autism spectrum, so these books will definitely help.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestions! I haven't found any that really stick out to me.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing such a great list of books. I am going to share with my niece that is studying child development in college and working with autistic kids.
ReplyDeleteI wish I would have seen this list a couple months ago. I was helping my teen daughter babysit over the summertime and the boy was very difficult. We tried for weeks to get to know him and figure out his ways. The books would really help.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great list of resources. Another one I would suggest is the Out-of-Sync Child. My son has issues with sensory integration (as do many children on the autism spectrum) and this book helped me learn a lot.
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