We all know how chores can become drudgery, but is there a way we can encourage our children to work as they go, without saying a word, without nagging?
Now there is… Our family has struggled with chores off and on, maybe it is the size of the family and the number of chores with farming and animals. Maybe it is the fact that we don’t really have the greatest attitude while doing them, or the fact that sometimes there are smaller, younger members of our family making a few more messes as we clean up others and it seems to be a never ending job.
Whatever the reason, we now have a way to make some of the bigger chores days a little less daunting. My children won’t know that I place these little snips of paper with some encouraging quotes and words, and fun little things to do along the way of cleaning up our home. However, as they find them, they end up looking forward to the next chore, in hopes of finding a quick, little, fun activity to do between their chores. It has become a chore time scavenger hunt!!
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I plan to start slipping a few of these snips of encouragement into some of our school books too. Anytime, we as moms, can help make chores and school a little more fun, is worth it. This post is part of my series on Project Cleanse/Project Productiveness. Click the link below to find more Project Cleanse posts.
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Children nowadays are very lazy when it comes to do some household chores like washing the dishes, washing their own clothes and cleaning the house even their rooms they could not easily clean it up. I think this encouragement from are effective enough let’s try.
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