A chore chart works mainly because it settles arguments before they start: the job is written down, the day is written down, and nobody has to remember who did the trash last week. These charts are deliberately blank in the task column, because the chores that matter in your house are not the ones on someone else's list. Write in what actually needs doing, stick it somewhere everybody walks past, and let the grid rather than a parent be the thing doing the reminding.
Weekly chore grids with a blank task column down the left and the seven days across the top, in single-child and multi-child layouts. Boxes are sized for a check mark, an initial or a sticker. Some versions include a small notes strip at the foot of the page. Printed in black and white, one chart per US Letter page, so a replacement costs one sheet of paper.
As a general guide rather than a rule: preschoolers can put toys away and carry their plate to the sink; five to seven year olds can feed a pet, make a bed and set the table; eight to eleven can handle laundry sorting, trash and simple tidying of shared rooms; twelve and up can manage a chore start to finish without reminders. Every family draws these lines differently.
Should I use stickers or check marks?
Younger children respond to something physical they place themselves, so stickers or a colored pen tend to work better under about seven. Older children often find stickers babyish and prefer initialing. The boxes here are sized to take either, so the same chart works as children get older.
Where should the chart go?
Somewhere it is seen without being sought — the fridge, the back of the bathroom door, beside the front door. A chart in a bedroom drawer stops working within a week. Laminating it or slipping it into a plastic sleeve lets you reuse one printout with a dry-wipe pen.
Do these come already filled in?
No, the task column is intentionally blank. Pre-filled chore lists rarely match a real household, and letting a child help write the list is usually worth more than any particular chore on it.