Mop the floor at 11: practising with less help
At 11, most children can mop the floor with less help each week: about 20 minutes, weekly, alone around 12.
Mop the floor at 11, at a glance
- Stage
- Practising, with less help
- What they do
- doing most of the job themselves with you nearby to answer questions and finish off the hard part
- How you check
- check most times, and fix one thing at a time rather than everything
- Time it takes
- about 20 minutes
- How often
- Weekly
- Points
- 15 (5 for a small job, 10 for a bigger one)
- Starts with help
- around 9
- Alone
- around 12
⚠️ Safety: Wet floors are slippery. Mop toward the door and keep younger children and pets out until it dries.
Other cleaning jobs at 11
- Dust furniture (alone)
- Empty the small trash cans (alone)
- Wipe the bathroom sink and mirror (alone)
- Vacuum a room (alone)
- Take the bins out on collection day (alone)
- Clean windows and glass doors (alone)
- Clean the toilet (with help)
- Clean the bathtub and shower (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, "Mop the floor" 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.