Wipe the table and counters at 6: ready to do it alone
At 6, most children can wipe the table and counters on their own: about 3 minutes, daily, alone around 6.
Wipe the table and counters at 6, 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 3 minutes
- How often
- Daily
- Points
- 5 (5 for a small job, 10 for a bigger one)
- Starts with help
- around 4
- Alone
- around 6
Other kitchen & meals jobs at 6
- Wash fruit and vegetables (alone)
- Clear the table after meals (alone)
- Set the table (with help)
- 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, "Wipe the table and counters" 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.