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Your best bet is to make a list for them EVERY day to scratch off - in the order THEY want to.  Make a few chores and few fun things.  This always works for us.  Below are some examples when we are at home most of the day and I have to work or clean a lot....

1.  Make bed, brush teeth, get dressed
2.  Create a song or dance show for this evening after dinner. Make sure to put up posters to announce the event. 
3. 30 minutes of electronics
4. Sock sorting.  Find all the matches. Then I will give you one sock each to make your own sock puppets for the show! 
5. Create a sandwich restaurant for lunch.  You get to make them and serve Mom! 
6. You each pick one board game and play with each other. You get a tv show if you finish both without fighting.  
7. Lysol wipe every doorknob in the house.  Guess how many there are.  The closest one gets to pick the afternoon snack. 
8. Me time.  We all head to our rooms for 30 minutes (set a timer.)  Read books, write stories, play with stuffed animals.  YOU decide!  
9. Collect all your plastic toys in a mesh bin.  Take them outside and fill up a rubbermaid bin with soap and wash/rinse them all. Wear your bathing suits :) 
10. Bath, brush teeth, pajamas, read one book to Mom or Dad.  [/quote]

Oh for f's sake, please don't do this. A song or dance show for this evening after dinner? With posters? This poster sounds like she's been perusing pintrest on crack. [/quote]

This the ES forum not the cute little Gen Parenting forum where a 4 yr old would do this.

Echoing above PP - my 6, 8, and 10 yr old would never go for any of these ideas.[/quote]

Why not? Care to share any of the fun stuff your kids do? My kid, who is 10, does a lot of the stuff mentioned above. She does 10 year old versions of eberything.[/quote]

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