Next in our series on age appropriate tasks is the age of new Kindergarteners — age 5).  We’ve taken these from Maren Schmidts’s column on  “Home Responsibilities” in the September 2010 issue of Tomorrow’s Child: (copies available to Montessori House parents at the school):

Tasks for Five-Year-Olds

• Help plan meals and grocery shopping.
• Make own sandwich and simple breakfast.  Clean up.
• Pour own drink.
• Prepare dinner table.
• Tear up lettuce for salad.
• Measure and pour ingredients for a recipe.
• Make bed and clean room.
• Dress and choose outfit.
• Scrub sink, toilet and bathtub.
• Clean mirrors and windows.
• Separate clothing for laundry.
• Answer and dial phone properly.
• Yard work.
• Pay for small purchases.
• Help clean out the car.
• Take out the garbage.
• Help make family entertainment decisions.
• Learn to tie shoes.
• Feed pets and clean their living area.

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