Chores for toddlers Ages 2-3

Chores can be an important addition to your kiddos’ routine and can help build responsibility, plus give you a little extra help around the house by incorporating some household tasks! You may think that your toddlers are too young to be given their own chores, but that’s not true.

Even kids around the ages of 2 and 3 can be given some light, simple tasks, but the trick is here to keep it simple– and don’t expect too much from your littles!

Keep reading for some age appropriate chore ideas for toddlers aged 2-3.

Benefits of Chores for Kids

Why is it so important to give your kiddos chores, anyway? It’s not simply to put them to work and cross off the items on your own to-do list faster (though it does help!). Chores can help to build personal responsibility, and give your littles a sense of achievement when they finish a task.

It will help to foster independence. Plus, it teaches them important life skills that they will need to use on their own someday. Certain toddler chores can even help with motor skills or hand-eye coordination in younger kids.

What Are Good Chores for Kids Aged 2-3?

Of course, if you have kids around the ages of 2 and 3, you know that they are curious and want to learn more about what you are doing when they see you doin gdaily household chores – and may want to do it themselves. Monkey see monkey do! If you do give them some of their own household chores, they aren’t going to be done perfectly all the time, but that’s okay– they’re young! That being said, you should bear in mind that It’s still good to give them some simple chores to feel included and to give them some practice.

Dusting

Dusting is one chore that you can make fun for your littles! Put a pair of socks on them and let them use those to dust the floor. They’ll have plenty of fun sliding around and pretending that they’re ice skating! They can also use normal dusting equipment to dust the other areas of the house.

Of course, they are not going to be able to reach high up places, like the mantle, so they may need a little help, but they can save you some time by dusting the easy-to-reach areas.

Plus, they can clearly see their progress once a surface is clean, which will give them a sense of achievement.

Cleaning Up Toys or Clutter

This is a chore that should be instilled at an early age to build a strong foundation– after all, it’s very important for them to learn to clean up after themselves. Focus on teaching them to clean up their own messes around the home first– such as putting their toys back into the toy box. Then, later, you can have them help deal with other clutter and messes around the house, too.

This is also a great opportunity to teach them the clean-up song to make cleaning up more fun and interactive or turn it into a game to see who can pick up the toys the fastest.

Making Their Bed

Making your bed is one of the first chores that should be done in the morning– even for us adults! So, what better way to teach that to our kids than to make this one of their chores, even at a young age? While it may not be done perfectly and will probably still look messier than if you’d done it yourself, even a 2 or 3-year-old should be able to pull the blankets back up and replace the pillows. Plus, this is an easy chore that will help to build our child’s confidence right off the bat! If you’d rather, you can have your kid help you to make their bed, too, instead of having them do it 100% on their own!

Wiping Spills

If you have kids, you know that they make a lot of messes! Some of these might be a mess of toys and books in the playroom or spills at the kitchen table when they are eating or having a snack. Luckily, it’s easy to teach our kiddos to have some responsibility for the messes that they make. You can make one of their daily chores wiping up messes or spills that they may make. Show them how to properly use a paper towel or dishcloth to clean up the mess, and bear in mind that it may not be perfect so you might have to give them a little help! Your kiddo will probably have trouble accessing the paper towels or dishcloths, so you will have to help them get the supplies they need to clean up.

Feeding Your Pets

Our kiddos love our pets– it’s like having their very own built-in best friend! One of the chores that your 2 or 3-year-old will love to do (and might already be asking to help with) is helping out at feeding time.

Like with most chores for this age group, this will need to be supervised, but you can teach your kids to scoop out the right amount of dry food for your family dog or cat, for example, and put it in the bowl.

You can also have your little ones help you with refilling the water bowl if you have a step stool in the kitchen!

Helping with Laundry

Unfortunately, laundry is one of those never-ending tasks when you have a house full of kids and adults. Luckily, you can teach your children young to help with the laundry. At this age, your kiddos will only be able to do the simplest laundry-related chores, such as putting away their own clean laundry in a drawer. Have them match socks with helps with hand eye coordination. they can even help sort laundry from darks to lights, which can be a fun game for them and helps them determine colours.

You can also teach them to put their dirty clothes in the hamper instead of throwing them on the floor, which will help to make things easier for you and also keep your home just a little bit cleaner!

we hope this kids chores blog gave you some extra ideas on how to get your young kids involved with the daily household chores even at the early age of a 2 year old!

to help keep track of your toddlers chores and to encourage them to be involved a chore chart is a great way where your toddlers get to check off when they have completed a chore.

check out our chore charts available online below!