An Australian mum has revealed the clever way she will be keeping her daughter on top of her chores during the Easter school holidays as they self-isolate at home amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The savvy mum has created an award shop in a bid to get her five-year-old to help around the house, with a list of jobs she must complete to earn the treats.
‘Today we made an award shop (all items are from Kmart besides the box). The award shop is open from 1pm-2pm every day over the holidays for the little one,’ she wrote on Facebook.
An Australian mum has created an award shop in a bid to get her five-year-old to help around the house, with a list of jobs she must complete to earn the treats
‘She has a list of jobs she can chose to do or not do to earn some [fake] money,’ she said.
The mother explained that her daughter can purchase a treat or toy from the award shop with the money she earns or she can save it if she doesn’t have enough money to get what she wants.
She has included lolly pops, lolly bags and different toys including puzzles, pens and a doll.
‘I thought this was a good idea to do as it involves learning about money, counting, and helping around the house,’ she said.
The woman said she purchased the fake money and toys from Kmart and everything cost her $20.
This come after another Australian mother revealed that she has created a home canteen to keep her four young children entertained
She rewards her daughter for cleaning or vacuuming her toy room, putting washing away, taking the rubbish out, setting up the dining table and doing the dishes.
‘I think it’s suitable for kids around four and up [and it’s] great for the holidays and brings something exciting to the kids during isolation.’
The idea has been widely praised by fellow parents after it was shared in the Kmart Hacks and Decor Facebook page.
‘I love this idea – definitely copying this. Thanks for an awesome suggestion for the kids,’ one person wrote.
‘This is a great idea! I love anything that encourages learning the value of work and earning/working for what you want,’ another said.
One person commented: Awesome idea! I’m so going to do this for my kid.’
The mother-of-four purchased chocolates, games, balls, bubbles, nail polish, Play-Doh, slime, lollies, stickers and journal sets for the canteen
This come after another Australian mother revealed how she is keeping her young children entertained as they self-isolate amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The mum revealed that she has created a home canteen in a bid to get her four kids to help out around the house, and they have a list of chores they must complete to earn the treats.
‘We are totally going to adopt the whole lockdown tuckshop idea, because I don’t know about you but it’s nuts here with four kids seven and under,’ she wrote on Facebook.
‘I went to Kmart after the kids went to bed and got some supplies for the shop last night. Instead of just having junk food, I got things that can be used to keep them entertained too,’ she said.
The mother-of-four said she included games, balls, bubbles, nail polish, Play-Doh, slime, lollies, stickers and journal sets.
‘Rules are they literally have to work for it and they have to work for their screen time too.I worked the prices out by how much I paid for that item but added another 0 to it, for example Freddo frogs are $4, so each Freddo frog will be $40.’
The woman wrote a list of chores and after they are completed, the kids can earn some money to spend at the canteen
She said she printed out some money and will pay her children once they complete chores including fixing their bedrooms or vacuuming the house.
She also penalises them for arguing with their siblings, throwing a tantrum and not completing a chore.
They can then use the money they earn to purchase items from the canteen and she said ‘it’s a bit of fun while we are stuck inside’.
Many Facebook users were impressed with the mum’s system and said they couldn’t wait to try it with their own kids.
‘What an awesome idea! I think it’s great that you are teaching your kids they have to work for things they want in life as nothing comes for free these days,’ one wrote.
‘Great idea. Lots of learning many things happening there,’ another person said.
‘I think its really cool and that it makes it way more enticing to add the zero’s. Kids don’t work for pennies,’ one person commented.
Another said: ‘I think it’s a brilliant idea and your teaching them life skills as well love it.’
Her system includes earning money for vacuuming and washing the dishes and deducts them for arguing and throwing tantrums
The kids can then use the money to purchase items from the canteen and the woman said ‘it’s a bit of fun while we are stuck inside’
Another Australian mother also recently shared a photo of charts she uses to get her two young children to complete their chores.
The woman revealed that to get her young children to to help around the house, she created a list of chores for them to complete, in exchange for $1 a job.
‘I just thought I would share how we get the kids involved in chores and how they are rewarded,’ she wrote on Facebook.
‘We basically printed our own dollar buck currency and the oldest gets bluey bucks and the youngest gets bingo bucks. They will get $1 for each job they do and so far it has been so rewarding for our entire family.’
‘Sure it takes me 10 times longer to do anything but it’s nice having clothes handed to me to hang out so I don’t have to bend over at 28 weeks pregnant,’ she added.
The woman explained that it has also made it easier when she goes shopping as the kids know how much they can spend.
‘It’s made Kmart trips so much easier too because we count how many dollar bucks they have to spend to cash in and get their reward. Hopefully it might work with your little ones because our toy room has never been cleaner.’
Another Australian mother also shared a photo of the charts she uses to get her two children to help around the house