Our Helping Hands Job Bucket is something new effective tomorrow!
We are now at a point that Veg is asking for more responsibility at school, so this also means he can handle more at home.
He already does the normal cleaning up after himself (most of the time) sweeps and mops up his messes, or putting dishes in the sink or putting toys away, etc.
He's also still going above and beyond to get tickets. Like "Hey Mom, can I help you clean the garage" we tend to work good as a team.
But now its time for RESPONSIBILITY all his, without any rewards, just the "want to do it" and "accomplishment" of finishing the task will be reward enough. Has to be things he can do by himself and won't need any help from adults so he doesn't get frustrated and feels they are all his. I was actually having some trouble coming up with more then 5 things, but Veg said he wanted 100 things in his bucket. So I put a plea out to the Mom's board and they helped me with a few more.
We won't get any where near 100, but so far we have this many:
- Pick up the dog fur buddies from the carpet
- Wipe down the bathroom counter
- Feed Dogs
- Sweep Floor
- Empty all the small trash cans
- Put Silverware away
- Sort and bag Recycles
- Dust
- Clean low windows and glass table of finger prints and dog nose prints
We came up with the bucket because I told him in the car on the way home that I thought he was ready for more jobs. He got really excited, so I ran with it. I said "would you like a couple jobs that you have to do every day no matter what? or would you like a Job bucket that you can pick a different job each day?"
Of course he wanted the Bucket!
So I punched out 10 circles that will go in the bucket and each day he can pick a job that he will have to complete that day at home. We also decorated the bucket (an old Rice container)
"A Responsibility" He will still get tickets for going above and beyond. Which allows him to have dollars to spend at the stores. And will still be doing his regular clean up. But these will be "Jobs" that he is responsible for in addition to the other.
At dinner tonight we all sat and discussed what would go in the bucket and he was pretty excited about taking on his new responsibilities. Over time we will add more to the bucket as he gets taller and can accomplish more. And some of the smaller stuff will come out of the bucket and become daily tasks like everything else.
I just wish I was excited as he was about having cleaning to do!!