Jobs by Number a Versatile Job Chart

Are your kids at the point where their schedules differ enough that set job charts aren’t working?  Try having a versatile chart we call “Jobs by Number.”  You create a list of all the regular jobs that need to happen at your house and assign each job a number.  Here is an example:

Jobs by Number…….

1. Water plants
2. Dust family areas (upstairs)
3. Vacuum family areas
4. Sweep and mop by the front door
5. Vacuum stairs
6. Wipe off your bathroom sink and make sure the bathroom is picked up
7. Clean the sink, mirror, and floor in your bathroom
8. Clean the toilet and shower in your bathroom
9. Fold and put away clothes
10. Sort wash/ do wash
11. 10 min Job Search (see Job Search)
    
12. Sweep porches
13. Put shoes away on garage porch
14. Clean the clutter out of the car
15. Wipe down the inside of the car
16. Vacuum your bedroom
17. Straighten bookshelf
18. Wash your blinds
19. Wash a window
20. Dust the railing
21. Wipe out window sills
22. Clean out one of your drawers
23. Change your sheets
24. Work on Scouts/ Faith in God/ Duty to God
25. Clean out pan cupboard
26. Fold batch of towels
27. Get trashes
28. Water garden
29. Wipe off deck furniture
30. Sweep/mop deck
31. Vacuum under fridge
32. Wipe off mopboards
33. Do piano flash cards
34. Sweep kitchen
35. Do the dishes
36. Help Mom make dinner
37. Make a snack
38. Piano lesson
39. Clean in the garage for 5 min
40. Pull 50 weeds
41. Pull 100 weeds

You slide each child’s daily chart into a sheet protector in a binder.  Then you simply write the assigned “number” of the job to do on your child’s daily chart using a dry erase marker.

It is a bit of mystery what job #6 is as the child flips back to the main list of jobs included at the front of the binder. Here is a blank chart: blank weekly chart

This method helps us.  I take a few moments each morning and look at our calendar.  I can quickly see what needs to happen and what kind of jobs we can do with the time available.   It also works well to prepare for the days ahead. A child may need to get their wash finished earlier than usual to get to a camp or you may have company coming and need to wash sheets. “The only thing constant is change” so make your job chart able to accept the changes that come with families!

Other posts that may interest you:

Book Bingo, 10 Minute Learning Chore, Job Search?, and Job Jar

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