Chores and Housework Worksheets
We can start this section by saying very few people, in this world, enjoy daily or weekly chores. These are not things that people look forward to, but they are necessary to maintain a healthy and happy household. Sure, they are tedious and eat up chunks of time but very necessary. There is a short debate among parents as to whether you should have your kids do regular chores or let kids just be kids and focus on play. As an adult I can reflect on my friends, family, and colleagues that grew up doing chores and those that did not. For the most part the people that grew up doing regular chores seem a great deal much easier going about their current work. I would think that doing regular housework all your life makes you a bit more immune to seeing it as work and instead you just see it as something that needs to get done. In this section of our website, we will explore the different household tasks that are common to most situations.
Chores and Housework Worksheets To Print:
Inside and Out - We take a look at things that happen inside and outside our homes. Circle the correct description for each picture.
Happy Camper - Explore the six common tasks that take place around your home.
Your Tasks - Do you have a chore? What is it? Draw a picture of you doing it to help out around the house.
Can You Help -
Put a check mark next to the household
task you can help with.
Help Set the Table -
Practice setting the table! Cut out each item.
Glue it where it belongs on the placemat.
Keeping Up
- Look at all these different scenes and decide on a plan as how to keep it up.
Who Does What?
- RA nice way to go about sharing everyday tasks with everyone.
Which Do You Do?
- Tell us do you: Put your dirty clothes in the laundry? Make your bed? Put your clean clothes away? Clean up your room?
Set the table?
What to Do? - John got dirty playing outside. He changed his clothes. What
should he do with his dirty clothes? Beth has been sleeping on the same sheets for two weeks. What
should she do?
What Do You Think?
- Do you think that kids should have to help out around the
house? Why or why not? If so, what are some things you
think that all kids should be able to do?
Why Doing Chores Is Important for Kids
There are several important lessons that starting to do chores at a very young age can teach you. It starts with life skills, everyone will at some point need to cook, wash their clothes, and think about a budget for themselves and anyone they are responsible for. You will find that YouTube does come in handy when learning just about any common task. When you can take care of yourself, you become less reliant on other people and gain a significant feeling of independence. There are chores that teach an overall teamwork model, especially in large families. In my home growing up, my parents cooked, I did the laundry, my younger brother took care of all the garbage, and my older brother took care of the yard and driveway when it snowed. We all had our roles, but they were important for one another and created a team unity. All of my siblings have translated that into work force and we successfully work on several teams at our jobs.
Chores help teach us things that you just cannot learn or appreciate to any degree in a classroom. This provides us a level of respect for our parents and we can see that their jobs are no calk walks. When we repeat these acts over a long period of time it helps us build a strong work ethic. People who work and work are often rewarded later in life. The last major skill that fitting these tasks into our everyday life does for us is greatly helps our ability to plan things out. The time management skills that you will learn by adding one more thing to your life is pretty significant. The sooner you learn how to juggle your housework, schoolwork, and social life the better adjusted adult that you will be.