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Wash fruit and vegetables at 4: practising with less help

At 4, most children can wash fruit and vegetables with less help each week: about 5 minutes, daily, alone around 5.

Wash fruit and vegetables at 4, 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 3
Alone
around 5

Other kitchen & meals jobs at 4

  • Set the table (with help)
  • Clear the table after meals (with help)
  • Wipe the table and counters (with help)
  • Put groceries away (with help)

A day of jobs at 4

Daily jobs
2 or 3 short jobs
Weekly jobs
1, done with you
Time
10 to 15 minutes a day

In TaskFamily, "Wash fruit and vegetables" becomes a job on your 4-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.

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