tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210790.post608423883113398408..comments2023-11-05T07:15:25.514-05:00Comments on Simple Homemaker: Teaching Kids to do DishesLurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072001002835014391noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210790.post-17181911654399997962010-08-02T18:09:20.387-04:002010-08-02T18:09:20.387-04:00Tyler looks cute in his apron! :)
Don't you h...Tyler looks cute in his apron! :) <br />Don't you have a dishwasher, like an electric one?? <br /><br />My kids would do them if I asked them to. They put dishes away from the dishwasher. Jacob was doing it when he was probably 4ish. Travis was probably 5 or so. I can't remember that far back. ha. <br />Yes, my kids get allowance. I don't think we started allowance until they were maybe 8. I think Jacob was 8. I sort of forget. We stopped giving it for a long time. They don't get it every pay period if money is tight. We don't give it to them as payment for chores. It is given to them because they are a member of our family. We did do it for chores at one point and it got to be a thing where Jacob would only do something if he was given money for it. Um, no. So we switched it up and decided that they would get it for being a member of the family, but if we didn't have extra, they wouldn't get it. They do their chores because we all live here and we all are going to contribute to the upkeep of our home. If I ask them to help me, they help me. <br />They get $10 every pay check - every 2 weeks. They use it for toys and stuff like that. Jacob wants more, and we would give him more if we had more to give. He is good as saving his money and I know only getting $10 has helped them both learn how to save for things. It's helped with that whole instant gratification thing. They have to save up for things that are more expensive.Charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177878883705900027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210790.post-6412128704896059872010-07-31T02:33:12.247-04:002010-07-31T02:33:12.247-04:00We don't usually wash any dishes by hand, but ...We don't usually wash any dishes by hand, but ever since he was about 2, I've had Tanis help by doing "dish hunts" - he goes and looks for any stray dishes around the house. (we have a song for it, too; we're a little weird) This summer i've had him load the dish hunt dishes in the dishwasher. I've also been teaching him to help with laundry. He transfers it from the washer to the dryer for me, and he helps fold and put stuff away. It's hard to let him fold, because it's messy and I want to redo it all, but I just remind myself that it doesn't really matter as long as it is clean and put away.<br /><br />We haven't done allowance yet; mainly because the brief time we tried it, I never had cash in the house and it just didn't work. For the school year this year, I've been thinking about a job chart. His daily jobs last year were to feed the cat, make his bed and practice piano. We need to try it again, and actually enforce it this time. (the poor cat! she's hungry a lot)kelleriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08619480891388711009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210790.post-7976964387314201152010-07-29T06:50:59.480-04:002010-07-29T06:50:59.480-04:00oh and i love the reflection picture..so great!oh and i love the reflection picture..so great!SamandSawyersMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10841311596317992933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210790.post-30141133659053105662010-07-29T06:49:36.388-04:002010-07-29T06:49:36.388-04:00Both of our boys learned very young. Sawyer even y...Both of our boys learned very young. Sawyer even younger because he is such a handful that it is/was an easy way for me to have him with me away from the others. We always prewash our dishes so well before the dishwaser that they are practically clean. So, my boys have done the prewash many many times. Sawyer sits up on the counter and scrubs the dishes until he sees nothing on them. I rinse and put them in the dishwasher. As much as it is hard to fit in, our boys also have been taught measuring, flipping food, taking the trash out, cleaning up dog poo, washing out the dog dish and refilling it. They both vaccum although not real effectively yet. They both can wipe down the bathroom with Clorox wipes very well. They love all of it. They don't like cleaning up their toys though, that is mundane to them! <br />We do not do allowanes at all. I do a lot of charts the moment a behavior needs to change. They earn stickers and then get to do soemthing special when they earn so many.SamandSawyersMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10841311596317992933noreply@blogger.com