Quick Answer

Bring classroom jobs home with a family handout children can put to use at the next meal or during cleanup. Families choose one chore and practice it five times. A child can help with dishes by washing the cups or putting clean bowls away as the family unloads the dishwasher. Each time they try, they have a chance to learn the steps and do more of the job themselves.

What's Inside

• A 3-page printable PDF for US Letter paper (8.5 × 11 inches)

• A teacher guide and two family handouts, one to keep at home and one to sign and return

• Six illustrated choices for making the bed, wiping the table, sweeping, helping with dishes, putting toys or books away, and helping with laundry

• Space to write in a job that fits the family's routine

• Five checkboxes and a brief note for families about independence, responsibility, and confidence

How to Use

Model a familiar classroom job, such as putting books away after story time. Send home one handout per family. An adult and child choose a chore together, then check a box each time the child practices that same job. Families using the return version sign and date it after the fifth practice.

Preschool Vibes Standards

• 7B. We can participate as members of a classroom community (jobs, routines, shared responsibility).

• 2H. We can show responsibility in our classroom community (help, clean up, take care of materials).

• 1A. We can choose an activity and get started.

• 3F. We can follow one- and two-step directions (and more when ready).

• 1B. We can stay with an activity and keep trying when it's challenging.

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