NestBoard
Type your kids' names and chores, and print a personalized weekly chart in about a minute. No email, no signup, no watermark. Just a chart for the fridge.
| Chore | Pts | M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make bed | ||||||||
| Feed the pet | ||||||||
| Unload dishwasher | ||||||||
| Take out trash |
A chore chart works for one simple reason: it makes the plan visible. When "whose turn is it" lives on the fridge instead of in a parent's memory, most of the daily arguing disappears. Kids do better with systems they can see, and a circle to fill in gives even a five-year-old a clear finish line.
Where paper falls down is upkeep. Charts stop working when the week changes and nobody reprints, when one kid always gets the boring row, or when completion never earns anything. If you use this chart, the two habits that keep it alive are swapping rows every week so turns stay fair, and attaching points to something your kids actually want.
Ages 3 to 5: put toys in the bin, feed the pet with help, carry plates to the sink. Ages 6 to 9: make the bed, water plants, set and clear the table, sort laundry. Ages 10 to 12: unload the dishwasher, take out trash and recycling, vacuum a room, pack their own lunch. Teens: laundry start to finish, cook one dinner a week, mow, babysit siblings for short stretches. Start with two or three chores per kid, not ten. A short chart that gets finished beats a complete one that gets ignored.
NestBoard is the digital version of this chart: chores rotate between kids automatically, completions earn points and streaks on a family leaderboard, and the whole thing lives on a spare tablet in the kitchen where everyone can see it. The chart never needs reprinting, and nobody has to remember whose week it is. It's free to try for two weeks, no card required.
Ages 3 to 5: put toys away, feed the pet with help, carry plates to the sink. Ages 6 to 9: make the bed, water plants, set and clear the table. Ages 10 to 12: unload the dishwasher, take out trash, vacuum a room, pack their own lunch. Teens: laundry start to finish, cook one dinner a week, mow the lawn. Start with two or three chores per kid and add more once those stick.
Both work, and many families mix them: baseline chores are just part of the household, while extra chores earn points or allowance. What matters is consistency. If you use points, attach them to something your kids actually want, and track them somewhere visible so the payoff feels real.
Put it where they cannot miss it (the fridge works), keep the list short enough to finish, and let kids mark their own circles. The marking is the fun part for younger kids. For the first two weeks, check it together at the same time each day until the habit forms.
Weekly is the sweet spot. Daily rotation is hard to track on paper, and monthly lets resentment build about who got the easy row. Swap rows every week so turns stay fair, or use an app that rotates automatically.
Yes. No email, no signup, no watermark. Type names and chores, print, done. It is made by NestBoard, a family organizer app, and the only mention of us is a small line at the bottom of the printed sheet.
2 weeks free, all features. Five minutes to set up. Bring whoever you live with.
