Kids After School Activities: Household Chores
After a hard day’s work, we like to come home and engage in something which will take our minds off the day’s events, whether it’s tending to the garden, or finishing a birdhouse for the back yard. Kids need the same kind of release when they come home from school.
In order to help them get rid of the day’s stresses, a great idea would be to assign household chores. Making a list and sticking it on the refrigerator so that whether you are home or not, your kids will be able to determine what has to be done that day.
Chores can range from raking leaves, mowing the lawn, cleaning up their rooms, changing the beds, or doing a load of laundry. If you have a pet at home, walking the dog as soon as the kids come home is not only a great exercise for the kids, but you can be sure your pet will be grateful too.
Perhaps you’ve already taught your kids to begin the preparations for dinner, such as setting the table, taking the meat or chicken out of the freezer, or washing the vegetables to be served that night.
Age appropriate chores for kids not only aids your kids in releasing tension, irritability, and a need to act out, but helps you to keep your house in order as well. Again, depending on the age of the kids, there are a variety of chores they can do to help you and them. In addition, you may wish to add on a reward of some type or a small compensation for their achievement.
School work and tests can drain kids emotionally, and having a few simple chores will energize them and give them a sense of accomplishment and self-worth.
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