Get your family summer routine organized with this ultimate summer chores and activity checklist to help kids structure their day. It’s perfect for setting up those summer break screentime rules and involving children around the house and home.
It’s that time of year again – say hello to summer and our kids having a lot of free time on their hands!
As parents, we get to make sure they are getting the most out of their time at home. While we’re in the process of creating our own summer bucket list, we’ll also have plenty of time at home, especially because it’s where I work! In the two weeks we’ve had of summer already, we’ve fought off that whine monsters that want to come out. And ya’ll, there’s no way we’re spending a summer whining about boredom and complaining of screen time.
Most of our kids nowadays are tech junkies, they know more (in their minimal years of life) about phones, apps, computers and games than we will ever know. That being said, screen time is something that we want our kids to have but we also want them to spend their time doing other things. Insert our Ultimate Summer Chores Checklist and Activity List.
We created this list as a guide for our kiddos, it lets them know our expectations and gives them the ability to take ownership of their time, without being an overwhelming list of summer chores that will take away from the fun of summer, and in fact, will help them explore and enjoy it more! Before they get to that ever anticipated screen time, there are a few responsibilities and activities (and yes, summer chores) to check off the list.
THE BEST SUMMER CHORES CHECKLIST FOR YOUR FAMILY
Download The Ultimate Summer Chores Checklist Here!
We’ve also created an updated BLANK version here for you to fill in the chores and activity ideas yourself!!
A few items to help you use your Summer Activity Chart daily:
You will see that the summer chores list has a few different sections. Some of the tasks are meant to teach them accountability and encourage them to help out around the house or help someone else with a task, others are there to push them to tap into their creativity, or to encourage them to be active.
I love that they’re exploring different options for staying busy and while my kids have been good readers, it’s an art that they haven’t been into as much lately. But with this list? Just this weekend Brayden told me that he had started a book to cross reading off the list, and then he liked it and didn’t want to stop reading. Totally a win-win.
We tried to cover everything, but I’d love to hear your thoughts on summer chores and activities!
For now, in our home, the kids know that once they’ve checked off their list they’ve earned their daily screen time, and I have something to refer them too when they feel the boredom whines coming on.
Jalisa Harris says
This is genius. I need to do something for my son since we started him on chores.
Tabitha Blue says
Awe thanks so much!! Feel free to print this one and use it… it’s been working so well for us!
Kelly Mahan says
This is exactly what the kids and I needed for the summer months.
Kathi says
Love, love, love this Chore List! Great idea
Tabitha Blue says
Thanks so much!! It’s working out SO well for us!
Erica says
How would you use this with more than one child?
Tabitha Blue says
Hi Erica! We have one printed for each of ours, and then laminated them. My daughter has hers in her room and the boys have theirs in the kitchen, they have their name at the space on top and each check off their own lists! We use a dry-erase marker, so they can just erase and reuse each day.
Ashley Carbonatto says
Love this list – just shared with my readers too!
Tabitha Blue says
Thank you so much!
Deb says
I love this! My kids are teenagers so I need to tweak it a bit. I love the blank version but wondered if there was a way to make it editable so I can type in my ideas. I know I can easily print the blank version out and write it in, but typed up is more aesthetically pleasing 🙂 Which would certainly inspire my teen girls more 🙂 BTW, I love that you added the spiritual element and the section on building others up! I have searched for summertime checklists and yours is spot on! Thanks for letting me know if there is a way to make it editable! Happy summer!
Jade Batangan says
Hi! We loved using the summer checklist this year. I was wondering if you would do a similar one for school /fall? It would be so helpful! Thanks in advance!
Julie W says
I’d love an after school and a weekend one too! My son really liked the summer list, and asked where his list was for after school! 🙂