Set the table at 6: practising with less help
At 6, most children can set the table with less help each week: about 5 minutes, daily, alone around 7.
Set the table at 6, 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 5 minutes
- How often
- Daily
- Points
- 5 (5 for a small job, 10 for a bigger one)
- Starts with help
- around 4
- Alone
- around 7
Other kitchen & meals jobs at 6
- Wash fruit and vegetables (alone)
- Clear the table after meals (alone)
- Wipe the table and counters (alone)
- Put groceries away (with help)
- Unload the dishwasher (with help)
- Make their own breakfast (with help)
- Sweep the kitchen floor (with help)
- Load the dishwasher (with help)
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
In TaskFamily, "Set the table" becomes a job on your 6-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.