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Hi Holly
I would love to see some other examples of your weekly room cleaning lists. I like the one you have for your living room in A Mother's Rule of Life and I've adapted it to my family. It would be nice to see some of your other lists to give me a starting point for my other rooms.
Leslie
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Anna's Chores (13 yrs old)
Classroom:
1. Tidy up all papers on desk and tidy pen and paper trays
2. Put away all computer disks in their correct spot
3. Put all books and papers on top of filing cabinet in neat piles
4. Tidy the crayon and pencil tray
5. Tidy the books on top of the piano and water the plant
6. Clear of the tables, wash, and put everything where it belongs
7. Start at the computer printer and go around the room, lifting everything and dusting.
8. Check the windows for washing if necessary
9. Wipe downthe chalboard
10. Tidy the shelves if messy
11. Empty all the garbage in the proper place
12. Vacuum the floor, especially around the corners and edges, and mop
Other:
13. Vacuum upstairs halla nd bathroom; take nozzle off to get up pet hair.
14. Come to Mummy to see if she has anything else for you to do
Jessi Weekly Chores (9 yrs old)
Front Hall:
1. Straighten and dust off all the games and the telephone table (lift stuff to do this)
2. Straighten the books in the bookshelves and dust them and the wood shelves
3. Wipe off the telephone and receiver
4. If needed, wash the windows on the door and mirror carefully
5. Dust the stair railing and wooden wall
6. Vacuum around all edges and the first two steps of the stairs. Vacuum radiator.
7. Mop
Laundry Room:
8. Wash down with Mr Clean the top, front, sides of the washer and dryer
9. Wash the inside and outside of the sink tub; use a toothbrush for where the soap goes.
10. Wash the toilet - around the seats, top and sides, inside and bottom by the floor. Throw this cloth in the laundry and WASH YOUR HANDS!
11. Tidy the table and magazines and dust off.
12. Empty the garbage cans and make sure they're cleaned out.
13. Empty the pencil sharpener into the bagged kitchen compost bin
14. Put the laundry bin on top of the washer and vacuum and mop
15. See if Mummy has anything else for you to do
Luke Weekly Chores ( 6 yrs old)
Front Porch:
1. Wash the windows in the porch
2. Wipe down dirty spots on the porch walls and doors with Mr Clean
3. Bring vacuum to the porch. Shake the mat outside.
4. Throw all boots to the kitchen floor and vacuum boot shelves, corners, floor.
5. Return mat and vacuum it.
6. Put all boots back neatly in pairs
7. Mop floor
Kitchen:
8. Tidy mitt rack and hat bin
9. Take out all garbage in kitchen for Mummy
10. Collect the upstairs bathroom garbage and my bedroom garbage and put out. Return cans to original place.
11. Tidy the pot&pan cupboard
12. See if Mummy has anything else for you to do
Mummy & Virginia Weekly Chores (43 yrs old! & 5 yr old)
Kitchen:
1. Clean off stove and hood
2. Clean radio, bookshelf,windowsill - wash
3. Wash down fridge, oven, coffee maker and dishwasher
4. Clean out under sink and wash
5. Scrub down table and chairs (Virginia)
6. Tidy cupboards and wipe out (V)
7. Vacuum and Mop
8. Windows if necessary
This is our Upstairs Weekly Clean which the children do every Saturday (mostly). I am involved only every two weeks (as the other week I am on my Mother's Sabbath).
All Children - All Bedrooms
1. Put all books neatly in piles on tables or back in library
2. Put all toys in boxes
3. Put all clothes in drawers neatly
4. Put any DIRTY laundry in hall basket
5. Put any pencils, pens, crayons back downstairs in classroom
6. Put any garbage in proper bag and bring down to proper garbage containers (* we have a full recycle program where we live, so there are 5 different containers!)
7. Pick up all remaining stuff from floor
8. Make beds (every 2 weeks with Mummy, change sheets & towels)
9. Dust top of all furniture
10. Vacuum WHOLE room - especially corners; under beds and tables; behind doors; around and on top of radiators.
11. Pick up any junk you see in the hall or bathroom
Then:
Nick - vacuum attic bedrooms and library and attic stairs
Jess - vacuum upstairs hall and my room and V's
Anna - tidy library shelves and storage tables properly
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Thanks Holly. Those are great. Can you describe your library and tables? This is one area I've been trying to figure out a plan for.
As for our library - I tend to put books in halls and odd places that are not really used for anything else. My school books and non-fiction resources are in large bookshelves in our front hall. The room is really just a walk-through to the front door or upstairs, so shelves work well there.
We have an attic on the third floor of our house which houses two bedrooms now, and in between, around the stairs area, I lined the walls with shelves and put all our fiction books up there. Also, we have some storage shelves and a table there as well for things that don't fit in the basement - like sleeping bags, a couple of clothing bins, etc.
Hello Holly,
are all the tasks on each persons chore list done all on one day during the week? Is this different than the saturday upstairs weekly chores?
thanks!
The Saturday upstairs clean comes once every two weeks, usually on Saturday and sometimes on an evening in mid week.
The weekly downstairs chores are done weekly, usually all at once, by each person - it usually takes 1 1/2 hours.
Lately, I have split this up - we do up and down tidy and dusting on Friday after school before supper, and the kids vacuum and mop on Saturday morning. I felt the need to spread it out a bit. I am also thinking about a daily approach, but at this point, am not doing that.
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