Chore Chart for Girls: Ideas by Age

Search for a chore chart for girls and you will find a lot of pink and sparkles, and some lists that quietly steer girls toward laundry and dishes while the boys get the trash. Skip that part. A good chart for a girl is a good chart for any child her age: jobs she can really do, a small number of them, and a clear way to see they are done. Below are age-by-age lists, point values and a printable.

The same chores for every child

Children do not need different chores by gender. They need different chores by age. A 9-year-old who can load the dishwasher can also take out the trash, and a 12-year-old who can cook a simple meal can also wash the car. Doing the full range builds skills, and anyone who learns only half of running a home ends up asking someone else for the other half.

Where girls' charts do differ is the look. If decoration helps your daughter care about the chart, use it: her favorite colors, a drawing of the cat beside "Feed Pepper," a name in her handwriting. That is style, not the content. For jobs at a single age, see our chores for 8-year-olds and chores for 4-year-olds, which apply to any child.

Chores by age

Use these typical ranges as a starting menu. Pick 2 or 3 per child to begin.

The rule of thumb is 2 to 3 daily tasks for preschoolers and 3 to 4 for school-age girls, with one weekly "big" job from age 8. Everything else on the list rotates in.

Point values for a girl's chart

If you use points, keep them simple and the same for every child at the same level of effort. Time is the best yardstick.

A child should be able to afford a small reward every 2 to 3 days, such as 15 extra minutes of screen time at 30 to 50 points, and a big one every 3 to 4 weeks. Our guide to getting kids to help around the house covers what to do when the points are not enough on their own.

Making the chart feel like hers

A few small choices make a girl of 6 to 12 more likely to use a chart.

Let her name it. "Maya's Mission List" lands better than "Chores."

Give her a say. Offer two or three jobs from the same row and let her choose one for the week. A bit of control lowers resistance.

Use pictures for the youngest. A drawing or a photo of the actual item beats a word for a child who is just learning to read. The chore chart for a younger child can be a single tick box per picture.

Keep the finish line visible. Write done in plain words, "Clothes in the hamper, toys in the bins, bed made," so she can check it herself.

For tweens, drop the stickers if they feel babyish. A plain list on her own phone or a checklist taped inside her door works better.

The printable chart

The printable below is a checklist with four age sections, from 4-5 to 13+, with real jobs for each. Print it, circle the three or four that fit your daughter now, and keep the rest for later. If you want a weekly grid with tick boxes instead, our chore chart template for Word shows how to build one.

Running the chart in Famiyo

Famiyo is a free family app for iPhone and Android that combines a shared family calendar, chores with points and a rewards shop; kids join with a code, no email needed. For a girl's chart, you add each chore once, pick who does it and how many points it is worth, and set it to repeat daily, weekly or every few days. She sees her own tasks and points on her phone, ticks them off, and you get a push notification when something is done. Parents choose whether a task needs approval.

The free plan covers up to 3 family members and 1 repeating task. Our list of the best chore chart apps compares the options.

Choose three jobs from her age row tonight, and show her one of them tomorrow morning.