Chores for a 3-year-old and a 5-year-old together
Sharing chores between a 3-year-old and a 5-year-old: 1 jobs both can do alone, 7 the older one can lead, and what only the older child starts.
Jobs both can do alone (the 3-year-old's level)
- Put dirty clothes in the hamper
Jobs the 5-year-old can lead and the 3-year-old can join
- Put toys away (older alone from 4, younger starts from 2)
- Hang up their coat and put shoes away (older alone from 4, younger starts from 3)
- Wash fruit and vegetables (older alone from 5, younger starts from 3)
- Match socks from the laundry (older alone from 5, younger starts from 3)
- Water the plants (older alone from 5, younger starts from 3)
- Refill the pet's water bowl (older alone from 5, younger starts from 3)
- Get dressed by themselves (older alone from 5, younger starts from 3)
Jobs only the 5-year-old starts
- Make the bed (starts with help around 4)
- Tidy their bedroom (starts with help around 5)
- Set the table (starts with help around 4)
- Clear the table after meals (starts with help around 4)
- Wipe the table and counters (starts with help around 4)
- Put groceries away (starts with help around 4)
- Unload the dishwasher (starts with help around 5)
- Put clean clothes away (starts with help around 4)
- Sort laundry by color (starts with help around 5)
- Fold laundry (starts with help around 5)
- Dust furniture (starts with help around 4)
- Empty the small trash cans (starts with help around 5)
- Bring in the mail (starts with help around 5)
- Pull weeds (starts with help around 5)
- Lay out clothes the night before (starts with help around 5)
Suggested load for each
| At 3 | At 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Daily jobs | 1 or 2, done together | 2 or 3 short jobs |
| Weekly jobs | none yet | 1, done with you |
| Time | about 5 minutes a day | 10 to 15 minutes a day |
Jobs both can do alone: 7 more are alone-level for the 5-year-old but still need a helper for the 3-year-old.
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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.