I've been toying with the idea of a chore chart for BK for a few months. She's only three, but I have to give her credit, she's smart and completely capable of a little responsibility. Of course, the chore chart is actually another chore for me, it's not like I'm sending her off with a load of laundry to fold neatly and put away. Each and every day it's an exercise in patience for myself, it's letting go of control (that I cling to so tightly). BK's chore chart is a simple concept, just magnetic tiles with pictures. She moves her magnets down once the chore is complete. In hindsight, responsibility would be a better word to use, but the vinyl letters were already cut when I had … [Read more...]