As a mommy to three young children, I think it’s very important to teach them manners and responsibility. I’ve recently started giving my seven year old daughter an allowance for making sure the family pet has food and water. I was trying to keep up with when she did and did not complete her chores, by keeping it stored in my head. I’m sure you can all assume how well that worked. I thought about buying supplies to create a chore chart that I could hang up, but quickly realized that not only do I not like clutter on the walls, I lack the creative gene and I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t turn out the way I picture it in my head. So what does a mommy blogger use? An online tool that helps you manage your goals and activities.
I’ve been using Goalforit.com for a few weeks now to keep track of Taylor’s progress with her chores and I really like the ease of use. However, I’m a Google Chrome user and it doesn’t work well with this browser. Just a heads up if you are too. It seems to work fine with Firefox though. In addition to keeping track of chores, you can also track goals, behavior and even your to-do list.
Creating a chore chart for your son or daughter is really quite simple. You can choose from a variety of themes and the website walks you through the process. I chose one of the girly designs because well, it’s for my daughter.
You can choose from a list of preloaded chores or responsibilities or you can create your own. You can then chose which days your child should do these chores or responsibilities and also specify whether or not they will earn “moolah” for finishing these tasks.
I’ve found that using Goalforit.com has helped me keep track of how much allowance I owe Taylor but it has also helped Taylor because she can see how much she has earned and it gives her more motivation to complete her chores.
Kasandria Reasoner says
I’ve used it as well and find it so much easier since I’m already online anyway.
Kas
Sharon says
Wow, thanks for the tip. We have been thinking about getting something for my boys.
Penelope says
At first I thought this was to help me…then I realized it’s for kids. My son is too young for it, but I could use some organization help!
Crystal says
You can use it for your stuff as well Penelope. Besides the chore chart, there are other options like a to-do list
Kelly says
My daughter is too young for this right now, but I can definitely see using this as she gets older. I’ve very much a list/chart maker.
Tammy says
I think this is a really good idea – I guess you just have to remember to go online and fill it out 🙂
Sara@MommaFindings says
Ohhh… this is really cool Crystal. Our lives are about to get super crazy busy and I need all the organization tips as I can get.
blueviolet @ A Nut in a Nutshell says
That makes it incredibly easy to track. I love this!
Louise says
WOW, it looks like it’s quite easy to use and would help me get organized. The kids just started doing chores in our house
Janessa says
I have a giant dry erase board in our dining room – not very decorative but it works that I have the kids’ chores all listed out on. I recently had to revise the chore list because things weren’t getting done or one was trying to push his chores off on another kid…so now I took chores and separated them out by task so there’s no question of who is responsible for what.
LaKeshia says
I really donot use a chart for my 2 older kids.We just set goals and the ways that I could help them to achieve the goals.Once they achieve their goals my self or either their dad will reward them by giving them money to get something from school like if they want to get something from the bookfair or either ice cream.I may even take them out and spend my money on them which I donot do that much.
Jan Messali says
We’ve used chore charts, but never heard of GoForIt. Thanks for sharing.
Jeremy says
I need to help my friends implement this system with their kids~