Summer systems for chores, screens, allowance + more! FREE PRINTABLES!
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- Summer can be HARD...but doesn't have to be! Here are some of my best summer systems for keeping your kids occupied, busy, and helpful! Each system includes FREE PRINTABLES! These systems include chore charts, summer bucket lists, screen time, boredom busters, and more!
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Something that helps with our 6 kids who want screen time is that if they finish their jobs before 8 PM, they can have 20 minutes of screen time before bed. If they finish before dinner, they can have 40 minutes. If they finish before lunch, they get a full hour. This really motivates them to get those jobs done early instead of dragging it out all day. When they want more screen time, they have to do another job first.
Lindsay Ashton love this idea!
it is a great idea, but the bad part is that screen time right before bed is really bed for the kids proper sleep...maybe do it earlier?
@@referrer13 If it is just 20 min I don't think it is going to be a big deal. And also, they would probably want to get more screen time so they will do it earlier. :)
Love this idea!
@@marta6755 I think it is bad anyways...all studies show any screen time should end at least one hour before bed....
I just think the least my kids have of screen in their lives hte better it will be for them. But each family has its own way :)
Single. In college. No kids. But I love all your videos. Such great ideas for the future! Love watching these videos of your family. Best channel I've come across in a long time. Subscribed👍
IKR?
I told my aunt about this she has 6 kids all under the age of 10! She said 100 times thank you!!
I just graduated German high school and I use a similar clipboard. I found myself sleeping half the day and spending the rest of my time on my phone. I didn't get anything done and wasn't productive at all. I wanted to make sure that I at least get a couple of things done every day and it works great!
My tasks are: Bathroom (as I am very inconsitent with things like putting on cream and sunscreen), 10 minute speedclean, 1 area of my room gets a deep clean OR I wash my windows OR I vacuum clean, I plan my day, I add things to my to do list, I get (at least) 3 things of my to do list done, and I do at least one thing that you'd consider a chore for my family. That's in addition to my usual responsibilities. It probably doesn't sound that much but it's a big improvement for me.
Greetings from Germany :) -Anja
You get 1 million 👍 just for even taking the initiative to improve. I really struggle with my almost 17 yr old to do anything!!! I try to enforce it but all we get is fighting, so I just let it go. I tell her she will have a rude awakening once she goes to college and has no life skills for lack of investing in herself. "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink."
Fyi I love your name
I don’t have kids but still here and still watching! 🤗 maybe i should make my husband a clip board😂
Briana Jung 😂
Me too 😂👍🏻
Briana Jung I was thinking the same thing. We are retired but I think he's the only one that completely retired. I still clean, cook, do laundry, well!!!! Just abt anything that needs done.....groceries.
LOL
But I'd almost rather do it myself, it would get done correctly without moans & groans. I know, I'm a freak abt how things look.
But that's me & it's only 1/2 of what I use to do, I worked outside the home too.
Mary
murphy1384 oh i get the moans and groans too! constantly 😂
Briana Jung LOL. I think it's just so I don't ask him again. But I need to cou t my blessi gs. He's good to me, doesn't abuse me & loves me for being me.
Mary
My girls learned to never tell me that they were bored because I would always tell them if they said that, they had to do math facts or clean.....my oldest daughter now does this with her daughters (she's good at math though LOL).
Same! If we told my mom we were bored she would have us scrub the wall, doors, or baseboards! We learned real quick!
Parents have to understand. I'm the parent here. Love this!!!!
Sandy Grubb lol that works
My father always gave us a toothbrush, soap, and bowl of water and told us to clean the floor.
I have 7 kids at home and I had to add a chore “deadline” or they inevitably waited til the last minute- so I say that chores have to be completed by 9/10am to be eligible for anything else the rest of the day. 😉😬🤪😆🤣 Relief 💗💗💗
GOTKiDZ I luv this 😍
GOT KiDZ good idea
Awesome idea!!!!
yes same here, the deadline was vital!
Are they even awake yet at 9-10 am in the summer? I know it’s late asking
Thank you Jesus for making this video!!! I’ve felt like a failure as a mom because my 10 year old son, will “read” but when we asked what he read he couldn’t answer even the simplest questions! I felt like I was failing! We adopted reading out loud at the end of the year! I’m so glad I’m not alone!!
i dont have kids, but if i ever did, i would be raising them like this! too many kids arent taught responsibility early enough for it to take hold and manage their future lives. thank you for raising good kids with good values so that we can have some form of hope in this world full of entitled little brats who love handouts and cry when they dont get their way.
I love this comment!
YES! I totally agree!
I just have so much admiration for your family! Your kids do all the things I’ve never seen kids those ages do! What an example especially with so many! I don’t have children or even want them but I LOVE your videos and family!
Giving chores when kids say they're bored is the best way to stop the whining. Hilarious story about this, on Father's Day my husband wouldn't decide what he wanted to do, and came to us all saying, "I'm Bored" My 16 year old threw out, There's chores to do, you can weed the garden. AHHHHHHHHHHH! It was hilarious!
Love it my kids are in for a shock today....WiFi code changed and remotes moved ....I've even hid the phone chargers!!! New day new start....thankyou Jordan xxx
Hi Fay. How did it go? Are you still using a similar system?
how did your kids take it and how is it going 1 year later?
Well how did it go 😂
I think I need chore sticks.......on some days I dont do 2 chores and I am 20 and live alone
I cannot WAIT to have a family! Lol these are the type of things I want to do with my future family. Especially the chore chat and bucket list! Keep the brains active in the summer and fun family activities small or large ❤️
We used to do chore zones until all I heard was "that's not my zone" when something needed to be cleaned in a hurry. So we did away with zones and have said "no one gets electronics until the zones are done. I don't care who does what just get it done." Then we ran into "he didn't do anything" so we handled that by saying that we would ask them who did what and if we felt it wasn't evenly split, their electronic time was gone the entire next day. I can say that for the first time ever, my house is clean and I don't hear as much of the arguing. I definitely use the clipboards for what I call the 1-2-3s. Ones are their daily typical items... brush your teeth/hair, make your bed, pick up your laundry, etc. Twos are math, reading, and outdoor play. Threes are chores. They always have to do the ones, but sometimes I will let them get by without the twos or the threes.
When I have a family I wanna be just like you. I've only watched like two videos and I love you.
Simply amazing. Getting all printables ready. Can’t wait to show kids when they get home from school. One week left until summer begins for us. Thank you for my sanity back. 🇨🇦
Hi Kim. Was your summer successful? Still using these ideas? We are about to implement these great ideas this summer
I started doing your laundry system. Its is awesome. I have tweaked it a bit to fit us and I love it! I just sort each day until loads are full or enough for a small load. Some days i do 3 loads and some i do none. I have 4 kids but dont get a ton of laundry to wash everything every day. I always have dirty laundry sorted and for the first time its ok. Im not stressed by it anymore. You got me to start cooking for my freezer as well. The kids LOVE their Mini pizzas! This week i made pizza and taco pockets to try out. This video is perfect for me at the moment. Im trying to give the kids more responsibility and get them helping helping around their home more. LOVE your ideas! Thanks for all you so kindly share.
THANK YOU JORDAN!!! I really cannot thank you enough. I'm on day two of this system and it's already turned around our household. Today our kids (ages 4 and 6) earned their screen time, and instead of running for their devices they continued singing and dancing and giggling together for another hour. They are so proud of helping out around the house and motivated to finish their reading, writing and math practice (which we've built into their daily to-dos). And when they aren't working their way through to-dos, they're forced to be more creative and play collaboratively when they can't bury their heads in a tablet or iPhone. We really, really needed this (we are on day 82 of home quarantine). I so appreciate your sharing this and the printables - which we now have taped to our kitchen wall!
we do charts, chores, and allowances, too! we do not, however, tie them together. money doesn’t motivate my children, which is just an extra reason why we don’t tie them together. charts are to get on track for am and pm. chores are bc ... we are a family and chores have to be done! allowances is strictly to learn about spending, giving, and saving money bc that is a huge life long lesson on its own. we also save for their future in an account that they don’t know/realize. we love our bucket list-we put events in my phone calendar though so we have a semi-dedicated day for things. here in chicago, we have a ton of free or cheap stuff to do with kids (ever ride an el train to the end? no, but the kids love it for $2.50 each). we explore with the cta, the bikes, and scooters. sometimes finding a new playground is exciting enough! have a great summer!
Do your kids have things they are responsible to pay for? My older 2 kids(age 5 and 7) become more motivated and have learned to save when they have things they need to pay for, such as summer toys, a basket for their bike, treats at the store, or anything they ask for at the store. If they ask for anything, we ask how much they have in their family bank account and we help them do the math to see if they have enough. They also wanted a pet hamster, so they had to pay for the hamster and all of the supplies. If they didn't earn money, they would lose out on a lot of the fun 'wants' that they ask for. The money they get is there gateway to the extra fun stuff that aren't needs. If your kids are teenagers, find something of value and put them in charge of saving for it (outings, school clothes, gas money, cell phone etc).
Pregnant with my first, and I love this idea for the future!! I love how your kids does it all and no problems!! Love it!! ❤️
This family is seriously so healthy and goal setting like they are going to grow up to do amazing things with their lives
I LOVE the idea that if they are bored, it's not always the parent's responsibility to constantly entertain and wow them. It teaches them responsibility!
My little guy is just 3 yo and I was laying out my clothes for work today last night and my little guy was saying “don’t worry momma I’ll help you” grabbed a wash cloth and started wipping down tables, chairs, doors etc it was the cutest thing ever!
Point is I am seeing this video at the right time!!! I am totally going to try these check list ideas 💡!
Ps thank you for your awesome video on your fridge, freezers and pantry I am totally scoring some of those cereal containers wed w Amazon!
Thank you for all you share with us! ❤️🥰
Woohoo! So glad you found this video at the right time! ❤️
I joined the church several years ago, & it truly saved me. Have been inactive for quite some time now but I recently felt it calling on my heart. Listening to you & your beautiful spirit makes me want to go back ❤️
I just love this video. I have a 9 month old, 2 year old and 13 year old. My 13 year old is always busy but rarely helpful so this has inspired me so much to add chores and structure to our daily life that can be adapted for all of the family as well as to have some fun.
We do ALL of these things. Some we got from you and some we have already just been doing. We love it. Also, my sons old preschool teacher shared an article that basically said that boredom during the summer is healthy for them because it makes them adapt and learn to be creative. :)
Clipboard of fun!
*Anybody else remember Danny Tanner's clipboard of fun? #fullhouse
Yes love it
Excited to try these with my family this summer! (I'm the 18 y/o daughter) but I still want to try it with them! I love these tips they seem super simple and effective.
I wish you would do a video on how much you spend on their birthday parties/gifts and if you have birthday parties for all your kids every year.
This video is amazing, by the way, love all the ideas.
Ani McCormick she answered this in I think her last QandA Tuesday.
Love this. Trying this starting this week with a few modifications to accommodate our work schedules. Love that my 4 year old has a check off list to keep him on task. And both my boys had fun thinking up chores for their chore sticks.
OMG! I homeschool my 4 kids (age 6-12) I love this video. I have been looking for a good way to organize and teach my kids accountability. I adapted the list and added their lessons that they do by themselves and then a block for things that they have to come to me to do and if they don't get it done they don't get their PlayStations or TV it's awesome so glad I found this video! 😊
Summer sanity is probably why parents send their kids to summer camp lol
I watch your videos and have been for over a good year now maybe more...my timing is off. You are so good at organizing, time management, productivity, and parenting! You amaze me at such a young age, but even in general. You and your family are awesome!!!! Keep up all the amazing and wonderful things you do. Thank you for sharing. God bless 💕
I really like how you’re training your kids to work hard but also work towards goals and have fun.
wow, l love it! We did something similar to that when our kids were little and summer CAN BE FUN and we LOVED our summers because we planned each day and WAY TO GO AND LOVE YOUR IDEAS!
I love your system, it's a great idea and I'm sure it helps everybody on the various ways. I like a time schedule for the day too, with work/chores, meals, rest time, games, screen time, outdoor/walk etc Routine keeps us calmer.
OMG thank you so much for this video. I can't tell you how relieved I am to have my children learn responsibility with chores and payable rewards... and to be honest, I'm most relieved to have someone other than myself to clean around the house. Knowing that something is being put away or wiped down on a daily biases has been a gigantic relief. I've also adopted your snack method... and let me tell you GENIUS idea. Not only are they making their own chooses, that my husband and I don't have to think about, but it has saved us money on snacks. Before, I noticed that they were wasting food by leaving wrappers open and half eaten or they wouldn't agree with what we chose for them. Now I have divided the snacks into healthy and unhealthy binds :) AND I've taken the snacks out of their original packaging and put them in portion ready zip lock bags. For the first time, we have a surplus of snacks waiting to be divided and used. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! I'm wondering how you readjust the chores to fit their school schedule... I KNOW you have a video on that. I'll look for it. Thanks again and I'll be forever singing your praises!
You are such an inspiration! I am truly in awe of you! I aim to be as organized, and as patient as you :)
Love this! and my daughter listened to me watch this so she knows stuff is about to get real!
can you show a video how you facilitate the family when working on a family clean zone. Would love to learn how to delegate.
I find, that for myself, when we are doing a zone together as a family I have to be the delegator/facilitator and not get involved in the actual cleaning or the kids get distracted and are not sure what to do next. Maybe if I was more consistent with our family cleaning time then the kids would learn to see for themselves what needs to be done and I could be more help but for now me facilitating seems to work best.
Thank you so much for sharing😃 I appreciate your hard work!
Jen
This system has literally changed my life and my home!! Thank you!!!
Love it! We have a bucket list for each season!!! It’s AWESOME, and even if we don’t get everything checked off, we still have lots of fun!
Made a clip board for my 4.5 year old daughter yesterday and she did so great going through and taking ownership of her responsibilities this morning before screen time. Thanks for the great tips here and on Productivity Boot Camp!
I’m loving this video! Got my free printables printed and ready to be filled out! We’re ready for summer 2019!! Thank you Jordan 💐
I needed this soooo much! Not just the systems but the ‘summer mindset’ advice. Thank you 😊
This is so great! This is going to be my first summer as a SAHM with 3 kids and I’ve been trying to figure out how I’m going to keep the kids entertained and keep the house clean. This is going to save me. ❤️
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I can really use this for our house. Happy summer!
Great video! Work & fun is a good mix for the summer!!! ☀️❤️🏠
I love this! From a mama of 6 from 16 to 4 months I love these printables it will work great for the oldest 5 kids!!!
Thank you for the printables! I had been searching for printables to customize!
Jordan you are so amazing!!! Thank you for sharing your programs with us all. I have shared your videos with my adult children, as I see the enormous value in what you teach. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Love this Jord!!!
My daughter has ASD and she thrives on structure and routine, visuals like this save us when she's off school!
She gets bored easy though so definitely trying the bucket list!
I almost fell out laughing with the impression of your kids being bored and wanting all the tech! That is my 8 yo to a T! I'm constantly trying to drag him away from tech related activities, but all I hear is basically everything you said! :O)
I am not an organized person. But having 4 kids has got me to the place where i can set up systems and the kids keep me on track and honest because they thrive with systems. I need to brush up our chore system and take it to the next level. Thanks!
Seriously woman. I adore you 🙌🏼 GREAT TIPS for a big family!
I was watching your 30 things I wish I knew when I was younger video and then this notification popped up I'm so happy.
I just love you and your video soo much.
I hope you have a good summer.
And sorry if I have bad grammar or my periods are in the right place im 12
Rebekah M I am 12 too
Can’t wait to start this! Honestly love your energy 🤗🤗
Love this! I have a 4 year old son and this is his first "summer vacation" from school. I'm trying to wrack my brain around what to do to keep him entertained but you made a good point that I shouldn't have too. He's got lots of toys to play with, arts and crafts and he does have a tablet that I try to keep him off of most of the day. So I'm really going to try to implement a clipboard setting for him. Thanks so much!
This is an awesome idea hon. I'm getting started ASAP! Thank you so much for this. 🌺
Love that Bucket list printable you got from Costco!! Totally going to implement that as well! I do the clipboards now too (thanks so much)!
I do the, "must do before screen time" too. And it works great. However I'm terribly at trying to keep my 4 year entertained. I love that you said it's not our job to keep our kids entertained. I always feel guilty if we don't do something daily, big or small (the park, a hike, an amusement park, swimming, etc). I really like the huge bucket list.
This was a very informative video! I’m a mom of 6 and I also have 4 grandchildren so very helpful ideas. God bless you and your family.
Great ideas to have! I am going to use this to help my kids with responsibility and let them know that mommy isnt the only one always cleaning! 😁😂 thank you for your ideas, greatly appreciate it! 💖
Literally not even a mom. And I love watching all these videos and ideas/life hacks! So fun. Love you jordan!!!
I half expected Captain Von Trappe to round the corner with his whistles! Great ideas though- love the bucket list idea.
You and Bubba are awesome parents.
Hands down the best family organization video ever!!!! That's why I am subscribed. Thank you, thank you.... you've saved our summer!
Oooh I so Love this... Girl, we're only 2weeks into the Summer, & I'm already going crazy😂😂...
I soo have to try this with my kids..
I started doing this after you kinda explained it in one of your q and a videos and it has saved my life!!
Thank you for posting all of these!! I am a convert. Choosing to join the church and live my life right, I took a HUGE pay cut. So the six of us are living off of $35K a year now. I am thankful for all of your helpful tips!!!
Jordan... YOU ARE BEST! I was watching trying to figure out how I was going to design those pages for the clip boards... NOPE! just going to print them off from here. Thanks!! You're helping save my sanity !!
YAY! LOVE these tips and free printables!
Wow- love these kind of tips. Even though my kids are older I will adapt them!!
OMG this is so awesome. My hubby is looking after the boys for the first week of school holidays and I want to give him some ideas (help) to keep the boys happy and (daddy). Love it!
Love this! so great to see intentional parenting at work. obviously not everyone has the privilege to be able to stay home and really focus on this system 100%. but you can adopt the concepts and incorporate the system to an extent to teach kids responsibility and accountability! Amazing.
I LOVE this!! Yes not everyone does get to stay home with their children, but there is still time to teach kids all of this!! Thank you for the love! 🥰
A year later...watching this for first time and LOVE All your amazing ideas Jordan👏🏻. I’m heading to set up some new chore charts now. I homeschool my 6 kiddos all winter but we enjoy summers off and I always tell them that we aren’t hanging out with friends UNTIL chores are done! I’d like more incentives like you have here so it’s not just a play date they are motivated for:) Thank you tons sweet mama💛 ~Shannon
Great video I used to get my kids to be helpful when they were smaller and then things just got overwhelmed with school and work and I slacked off and now I have teenagers that I need to get motivated and take responsibility for doing stuff around the house. Great video
Bless you for the printables!
Oh Jordan can I PLEASE borrow some of your energy 😭 dang you inspire me
I do the same system. Works like a charm! My favorite part is that they don't wake up and immediately turn the tv on and think they're just going to park it!! PS-your laundry video-life changing!! :) LY!
Love this! My daughter is off in college so I’ll be making these for myself. I cannot wait to make my bucket list. Woo Hoo!😁👍🏽
I swear your videos have been a SAVIOR for me! We recently started the clipboards and they have worked out amazing ! Even with my daughter who is HIGHLY HIGHLY energetic ! Not only does it help them feel proud and accomplished it also helps me out and takes a lot of the house work of my to do list ! It’s my second year homeschooling my kids as well and I will have to admit that last year was total chaos! Lol! And I do have to personally thank this page for helping me declutter my mom brain 😂😂😂😍
Wow this is such a helpful video I feel like every family needs to watch this God bless you Jordan and may he continue to give you strength to produce such great content
This was SO helpful! Thank you!!
Such great ideas Jordan. Thank you for the free printable. One thing I do with my kids is print up a sheet of all of the activities that they can do. Drawing, jump rope, riding bike etc.
absolutely love this system!!! you’re such a great mom!! i aspire to be like this when i have kiddos. already love you and your videos after only seeing this one!
I LOVE this! My oldest is 3 and I feel like this will be so great for him!
This is AWESOME!! My 4 year old says “I CAN’T” and I don’t want to. I just wanna watch a show! This puts it back on her. 🙌🏼
Been using this for a week! Need some more activities because we get through her bedroom clean up and getting ready pretty quick now! Time for some popsicle stick buckets!
I love this video SO much! Thank you!
Thank you! We started this system today!
Brilliant mamma. Love the chores and organization.
Yes!!!!!! I keep talking! Just need to clip it on a board and have them do or don't 🙏🏾🙌🏾
Love this so so much!! My son is 2 but definitely going to start this on his level!
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely love this. This is so helpful
I love this concept! So good for the family as well as teaching each child how to work. Way to go, Jordan. 👍
I stumbled upon your TH-cam channel during my 4 month of pregnancy and I have been binge watching like crazy! You’re extremely inspiring and amazing and learned so many things from you❤️❤️