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The Chore Board Game

June 4, 2009 by Jennifer

When I showed The Chore Board: A Helping-Around-the-House Game to my 10 1/2 year old daughter Amanda, she immediately began unpacking the pieces and looking at the instructions.

“What are some chores I can do, Mom?” she asked. I reminded her about the chores that are on her regular list: cleaning her bathroom each week, unloading the dishwasher as needed, keeping her room straight.

She didn’t look excited, but reluctantly added them to white board list that was part of the game board. “Are there others I can do?” I added on some things that I’m always asking her to do, such as put her clothes away (instead of leaving them on the chair in her room where I pile them) and take out the garbage.

“What about Kyle?” she asked, moving on to the next section of the board. I reminded her that he feeds the dog, does the silverware from the dishwasher, sets the table, and makes his bed.

The game is magnetic, and it has stayed put on the front of our fridge for several weeks now.

Why does this work? Well, the game suggests that a mutually agreed upon incentive is offered when the child reaches the end after moving one square per chore (There are also fun squares throughout the track, such as “Do two chores in an hour and move forward two squares,” and “Trivia Question.”).

It’s taken the nagging out of helping around the house, because the kids can see their reward approaching. It’s also brought out some competition. If Amanda sees Kyle’s piece moving forward quickly, she wants to be sure that she has the opportunity to do some chores as well. I am always ready with a suggestion or two to help her out.

Summer is a great time to start new habits. See if The Chore Board Game might cause your children to be a little more willing to help out around the house.

Jennifer Donovan blogs at Snapshot about life in Connecticut with her family. They all would much rather be reading a book than doing chores.

Chronicle Books has donated two games. If you’d like to win one, please leave a comment here (U.S. and Canadian shipping addresses are eligible).

Click on the banner above to enter our other Summer Fun Giveaways. All winners will be announced on June 11.

Filed Under: Fun and Games, Home, Jennifer, Parenting

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Comments

  1. Paula H says

    June 8, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    I’m always looking for ideas to encourage chores being done around the house.

  2. Jenny Martin says

    June 8, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    What a cool way to make chores fun…I would love this!

  3. edj says

    June 8, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    Chores without nagging? Remembering whose turn it is to do what? Brilliant! Sign me up, please.

  4. Kathy D says

    June 8, 2009 at 10:47 pm

    We love games……

  5. Christine Walker says

    June 8, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    I love this! What a great idea!

  6. samella says

    June 9, 2009 at 5:07 am

    i sure could use this 🙂

  7. Erma H says

    June 9, 2009 at 6:18 am

    I would love the chance to win, thanks.

  8. Diane Baum says

    June 9, 2009 at 9:44 am

    great motivating idea

  9. Ali Hammons says

    June 9, 2009 at 9:53 am

    This sounds like a great idea! This would be great for when my kids are helping out around the house!

  10. LaVonne says

    June 9, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    What a great idea for a board game.

  11. shawna says

    June 9, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    My daughter loves games!

  12. Cynthia Mercado says

    June 9, 2009 at 2:07 pm

    We would love to win this. It would be helpful at our house.

    mercsmercado at yahoo dot com

  13. chantelle says

    June 9, 2009 at 2:21 pm

    Thanks for another great giveaway! -ChantelleSabino at mac dot com

  14. Bekki Lindner says

    June 9, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    Oh my goodness, this looks like so much fun!

  15. ALISSA says

    June 9, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    this is a great idea for a game!

  16. chastidy says

    June 9, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Id love to win this, maybe we could get this house clean. LOL, Thanks 🙂

  17. Gabriel J. says

    June 9, 2009 at 5:41 pm

    I really like the idea~!

  18. Julie K says

    June 9, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    I can see my kids laughing at me first, and then I think might work. I would love to give this a try, my house seems like it is messy again before I finish cleaning it!

  19. Colleen Yamamoto says

    June 9, 2009 at 10:45 pm

    this would help!

  20. victoria howard says

    June 9, 2009 at 11:23 pm

    i follow

  21. Chrysa says

    June 10, 2009 at 12:03 am

    Great idea!

  22. Gianna says

    June 10, 2009 at 12:54 am

    Please enter me 🙂

  23. monique lashae saulsbery says

    June 10, 2009 at 1:01 am

    This is great way to get kids to do chores. They need a good behavior game like this for classrooms. I sure could have used one when I was teaching.

  24. Michelle H. says

    June 10, 2009 at 1:48 am

    I would love to see how this works. It sounds like a great idea.

  25. Angie O says

    June 10, 2009 at 2:07 am

    We need this!! Please, please! 🙂

  26. AmandaG says

    June 10, 2009 at 2:15 am

    What a wonderful idea, we’d love to have it! 🙂

  27. Rachel Robertson says

    June 10, 2009 at 4:21 am

    I adore my children but when it comes to chores it is like pulling teeth. This would be such a great way to make doing chores fun. Well, maybe not exactly fun but I know that if they look at chores as a game, it will make getting them to do chores so much easier!

  28. Steve M. says

    June 10, 2009 at 7:29 am

    Board me!

  29. Tonia Rowe says

    June 10, 2009 at 9:58 am

    This could be just the key to motivating my children to help around the house!

  30. jeanine says

    June 10, 2009 at 10:32 am

    i’d love to win this. we are a family of 6 and need more organization.

  31. kathy pease says

    June 10, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    Thanks for the GREAT giveaway
    please count me in 🙂

  32. Leslie S. says

    June 10, 2009 at 12:25 pm

    I am willing to try anything to get my kids to help out around the house.Thanks!

  33. hminnesota says

    June 10, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    my daughters would enjoy this.

  34. Susan Ledet says

    June 10, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    This would be useful to my best friend who has 2 kids and are constantly fighting about doing chores.

  35. Theresa Caton says

    June 10, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    This looks fantastic! I’m trying to figure a way to incorporate chores with my 4 & 6 year old!

  36. Kelly Ann T. says

    June 10, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    Anything to help make chore time fun would be great. Thank you so much.

  37. Brittany Rebello says

    June 10, 2009 at 2:24 pm

    This is so neat!

  38. Jennifer M says

    June 10, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    This could help in our house!

  39. sandra says

    June 10, 2009 at 3:42 pm

    looks like it would be a great help

  40. Lily Kwan says

    June 10, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!

  41. Sherry says

    June 10, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    What a wonderful idea, wish this had been around when our kids where younger, perfect for our grand daughter though!

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