Pack their own bag for a trip at 11: ready to do it alone
At 11, most children can pack their own bag for a trip on their own: about 20 minutes, as needed, alone around 11.
Pack their own bag for a trip 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 20 minutes
- How often
- As needed
- Points
- 15 (5 for a small job, 10 for a bigger one)
- Starts with help
- around 7
- Alone
- around 11
Other looking after themselves jobs at 11
- Brush their teeth morning and night (alone)
- Get dressed by themselves (alone)
- Lay out clothes the night before (alone)
- Wake up with their own alarm (alone)
- Keep track of their own homework (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, "Pack their own bag for a trip" 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.