Homeschool Mom Sanity Saver
Okay I can NOT take credit for this, its totally Kate at Venison for Dinner’s brilliant Idea.
HOMESCHOOL BOOK FAIR.
Here’s the kicker, kids have to do chores to earn their book fair cash. Not like normal day to day like dishes or putting up laundry. Bigger extra chores like clean toilet, or put up all the laundry on the laundry couch, match socks, vacuum the whole house, or wipe the ALL base boards.
This also have a time limit example give it on a monday and it finishes on friday. Also it has to be up to parents snuff. Obviously the 6 year old isn’t going to clean the toilet like i would but if he makes a good effort and I can see a significant difference it’ll pass. Also i tend to put highest prioity/worst jobs in the big money range.
The “money” they earn can only be used for books, on thrift books or book outlet and they can buy books or sometimes other items. You can also go to your local used book store as well. I like thrift books because they have a good point system. I also prefer buying used books rather than new because I like to save money
We also use a similar system for video game time except its a time amount for a task. It’s either Picky Sticky where the kids have to pick up x number of sticks or fill a container of sticks in order to get 10-15 minutes of video game time or for cash if your a screen free family. We also do it to pick up trash you must fill one trash bag for 15-20 minutes of screen time, laundry is another chore that can earn screen time.
I created a printable PDF with a list of ideas for book fair chores, it has a place to fill in your own chore, a spot for kids to claim their chores and a space for you to write the dollar amount of book fair money each chore is worth. This is a great way to A. Get chores done, B. get kids reading.