Change the bed sheets at 11: ready to do it alone
At 11, most children can change the bed sheets on their own: about 15 minutes, weekly, alone around 11.
Change the bed sheets at 11, at a glance
- Stage
- On their own
- What they do
- doing the whole job without being shown, to a decent standard for the age
- How you check
- spot-check now and then, and hand over the job for good
- Time it takes
- about 15 minutes
- How often
- Weekly
- Points
- 10 (5 for a small job, 10 for a bigger one)
- Starts with help
- around 8
- Alone
- around 11
Other laundry jobs at 11
- Put dirty clothes in the hamper (alone)
- Match socks from the laundry (alone)
- Put clean clothes away (alone)
- Sort laundry by color (alone)
- Fold laundry (alone)
- Do a load of laundry (with help)
A day of jobs at 11
- Daily jobs
- 3 or 4
- Weekly jobs
- 2
- Time
- 20 to 30 minutes a day
In TaskFamily, "Change the bed sheets" becomes a job on your 11-year-old's own screen. The Trust Ladder moves each job from "check every time" to spot checks to full trust as they prove they can do it.
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Ages and times are typical, not rules: children develop at different speeds, and you know yours best. The chore library is TaskFamily's own. The guide text is drafted with AI from these numbers and checked automatically before it is published.