[EmmaLeigh2882]

Growing up there was three of us kids- we were also home schooled. When we first stared to home school, my mom sat us all down with a list of all daily chores that needed to be done in order for a house hold to run ( we were about 8,10,14 years old). Little did we know she was training all of us for life. Being able to run the house at age 10 is a great feeling. My mom literally divided all the chores in three's ( right down to three meals a day). We rotated ever week along with our seating arrangements at the table ( clockwise) so who ever sat in a certain seat all week and a certain set of chores for that whole week. ( included making meals- setting the table for that meal and all the clean up for that meal).
All the chores were usually grouped to keep related items together, or at least items usually found in the same area of the house. House inspection came before we were dismissed for school. If we didn't clean well enough, or forgot to do something we were made to do it again before we could go on. It took my mom about 20 minutes to walk thru the house and verify everything was acceptable- we all did the walk through with her. Since we all knew this was going to happen we didn't bother taking a short cut. If my mom noticed we were slacking on purpose we got chores added to our regular chores- for the whole week. You didn't try to get out the easy way very often.

We were each responsible for our own rooms.

I assume that the same thing could be done with more children- just divide up the chores among 4 instead of three- or how ever many children you have. ( It would help at first to label each seat with a number and have a list of the chores that go with that number)

Right after breakfast and before school started we had mandatory clean up time. ( Usually 1/2 to 1 hour or less- ever day) If we didn't get all our chores done ( except for laundry which could only be started in that amount of time!) We would get extra "yucky" chores for after school. ( washing the base boards in a certain room, clean out fridge, organize pantry, pull weeds, etc)
Every Saturday we did a big/deep clean ( changed sheets/ towels, mow lawn, wash the car, food shop, etc) Everyone pitched in and helped do each project and items were assigned as the job was being done. ( usually 2 hours of work each person in the family)