Free Printable Chore Chart for Kids (5 Pages, Toddler + School-Age)

This free printable chore chart is the one I actually keep on the fridge. Five pages, toddler-friendly and school-age friendly, no email, no upsell. Just print it and start using it before someone asks for a snack again.

What’s included in the free download

• Page 1, toddler weekly grid (ages 2 to 5): eight picture-friendly tasks across seven days
• Page 2, school-age weekly grid (ages 6 to 12): eight grown-up tasks across seven days
• Page 3, morning routine checklist: from waking up to hugs at the door
• Page 4, evening routine checklist: tidy the room, bath, brush, lights out
• Page 5, blank weekly grid: write in your own family’s chores

All five pages are US Letter, black-and-white friendly so you don’t burn through colored ink, and big enough to read from across the kitchen.

Download the Free Chore Chart PDF

How to use the free printable chore chart

Five pages, four small rules. Skim them, pick the page that matches your kid, and stick it on the fridge.

Pick the right page for the right kid. Toddlers do better with the picture-friendly grid because they can’t read “tidy bedroom” yet, but they recognize the pattern of “I did the thing, I get a check.” School-age kids can handle the bigger list and the morning and evening sequences on Pages 3 and 4. If you have one of each, print both. The chart is small enough that two side-by-side fit on a fridge with room left for a soccer schedule.

Stick it where they can reach it. A clipboard on a low hook, the inside of the pantry door, the side of the fridge that isn’t already buried in art projects. If they can’t see it, they can’t use it.

Use a dry-erase marker, not stickers. Stickers run out, get fought over, end up on the cat. A dry-erase marker on a sheet protector lasts a year, and the kids can draw their own check marks, which is somehow more satisfying than getting a sticker handed to them.

Don’t make it a punishment. The chart is a reminder, not a contract. If a row stays blank for a week, that’s data: the chore is too hard, the timing is wrong, or you forgot to remind them. Adjust the chart, don’t lecture the kid.

Once they’re in the rhythm, pair it with the free printable reward chart. Some kids are checkbox kids and the chart alone is enough. Others need a small payoff. The reward chart slots in for the second group without changing how the chore chart works.

Preview

What you’re looking at is the toddler grid on Page 1. Same layout for the school-age version on Page 2, just with grown-up tasks. The morning and evening routines on Pages 3 and 4 are vertical checklists, fewer columns, more steps. Page 5 is the blank version, for the families whose chores don’t match anyone else’s.

Related kids’ printables

If the chore chart works for your family, these slot in next:

• Printable Chore Chart for Kids: same idea, different layout if you’d rather have one big grid instead of five pages.
• Toddler Chore Chart Printable: picture-only version for kids who don’t read yet.
• Free Printable Reward Chart: pairs with this for the kids who need a payoff.
• Free Printable Bedtime Routine Chart: covers the part of the day where the wheels usually come off.

Or grab them all in the Kids Routine Pack bundle: one download, one email, no juggling tabs.

Browse the rest of the kids charts library for behavior, feelings, reading logs, and more.

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Designed by Hannah B. for The Mommy Mess. Free for personal and classroom use. Please don’t repackage and resell, but please do print as many copies as your fridge can hold.