Weekly chores for 4-year-olds
Weekly chores at 4: 5 jobs, jobs done once a week, that a 4-year-old can do or start learning, about 45 minutes in all.
Weekly chores at 4
| Job | Stage | Time | How often | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match socks from the laundry | With you | 10 min | Weekly | 10 |
| Water the plants | With you | 5 min | Weekly | 5 |
| Dust furniture | With you | 10 min | Weekly | 10 |
| Put clean clothes away | With you | 10 min | Weekly | 10 |
| Put groceries away | With you | 10 min | Weekly | 10 |
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 4
- Put groceries away (alone from about 8)
- Match socks from the laundry (alone from about 5)
- Put clean clothes away (alone from about 7)
- Dust furniture (alone from about 7)
- Water the plants (alone from about 5)
How much time it adds up to
- Every job on this page
- 45 minutes
- Only the ones they do alone
- 0 minutes
- Suggested load at this age
- 10 to 15 minutes a day
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
What these jobs teach
- sorting and categorizing
- knowing where food is kept
- what goes in the fridge
- matching and colours
- patience
- helping with family laundry
- knowing where things live
- keeping drawers tidy
In TaskFamily these become jobs on your 4-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.