Outdoor chores for 6-year-olds
Outdoors jobs at 6: 0 most children do alone and 4 to start with you, with the time, how often and points for each.
Outdoor chores at 6
| Job | Stage | Time | How often | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bring in the mail | With you | 2 min | Daily | 5 |
| Pull weeds | With you | 20 min | Weekly | 15 |
| Rake leaves | With you | 30 min | Seasonal | 15 |
| Wash the car | With you | 30 min | Monthly | 15 |
On their own means most children this age manage it alone; With you means they start it with a grown-up alongside. Points are on a 5-for-a-small-job scale.
Start together at 6
- Bring in the mail (alone from about 7)
- Pull weeds (alone from about 8)
- Rake leaves (alone from about 10)
- Wash the car (alone from about 11)
Coming next in this area
- Shovel snow (starts with help around 9)
- Mow the lawn (starts with help around 12)
⚠️ Safety notes for these jobs: Pull weeds: Gloves on, and show them any plants in your garden that sting or are poisonous. Wash the car: Only with the car parked, engine off and keys away from the car.
A day of jobs at 6
- Daily jobs
- 2 or 3 short jobs
- Weekly jobs
- 1, done with you
- Time
- 10 to 15 minutes a day
What these jobs teach
- a small daily responsibility
- sorting by name
- telling plants apart
- patience
- time outdoors
- physical effort
- seeing a big result
- working as a team
In TaskFamily these become jobs on your 6-year-old's own screen, with points, repeat days and the Trust Ladder to move each job from "check every time" to spot checks.
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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.