Chore Charts & Allowance: Teaching Kids Financial Responsibility

preschool kids chore chart

It is important to start teaching kids at a young age how to earn money, save money and spend it wisely. One of this month’s sponsors, Manilla, wants to hear about our financial struggles and successes – sign up for Manilla, tell them about your money mountains in the comments for a chance to win [...]

Sock Mopping: Exercise and Clean at the Same Time

Dining table

The gals over at Mom Loop are helping keep me accountable this week!  We are spring cleaning and I get to show before and afters of our Quirky House.  Yesterday’s assignment was the dining room.   As with everything, we had to think of a way to make cleaning the dining room a fun family affair.  [...]

Blog Carnival: Chores and Getting Kids to do them!

2255825953_9b57769fe0_m

We have had so many terrific submissions!  So many tips! Thank you to all who participated in our first blog carnival! Our next carnival will Ticia is mommy to three preschoolers and she explains how she makes doing chores easy for her youngsters by using plastic dishes and even explains her method of getting groceries [...]

How to Include Kids in House Work

Preschoolers Can help Vacuum

More ways to use chores to teach your kids… … Mopping, wiping, vacuuming and learning: I use mopping to work on memory skills. Did you already mop here? How can you tell? With our table top we can easily practice deductive reasoning. The area without crumbs and greasy hand prints was wiped down, the other [...]

Learning through Cooking with Toddlers & Prechoolers

Cooking with Your Kids

My kids love cooking with me. So how can I use those moments adding ingredients, mixing and stirring to teach my kiddos? Here are some of the learning ideas I came up with: Cooking with your toddlers: Sequencing steps. It is important for kids to follow specific steps in a process. Example: First, mix eggs, [...]