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Week 12 · Thank You, Helpers

Wednesday

Every job, part one
// A real note, every job, and a celebration
⏱ about 15 min

Wednesday: Every job, part one

Freddy the Frog hops onto the Helper chart. It is covered in stars. "Twelve weeks. Let us look back."

Hazel the Hedgehog points. "Beds and closets." Bennie the Bear: "Laundry and the kitchen." Lucy the Ladybug: "Table and manners." Lizzy the Lizard: "Plants and pets."

Freddy grins. "Six weeks, six jobs. Helper, can you still do them all?"

Weeks one to six

WeekHostThe job
1FerrisNotice what needs doing. Make a Helper chart with three jobs.
2HazelMake the bed in four steps. Sort the closet by kind. Ten-minute tidy.
3BennieSort laundry by color. Grown-up runs the machine. Fold and put away.
4Bennie and LucyWash hands, wash produce, measure, mix, pack a lunch box, wipe up.
5LucySet the table, serve with two hands, clear, rinse, load with a grown-up.
6LizzyWatering schedule, seed log, pet care chart the grown-up approves.
FREDDY'S REVIEW, PART ONE
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Who runs the washing machine?
How many hands do you serve a dish with?
Before you feed a pet, what do you do?
What is the first thing you wash in the kitchen?

Steps you still know

A real helper remembers the order. Try these two without peeking.

MAKE THE BED IN ORDER.
  • ?Pull the sheet flat
  • ?Pillow on top
  • ?Tuck the edges neat
  • ?Smooth the blanket
WHY THIS EXERCISESheet, blanket, pillow, tuck. Hazel's four steps from week two.
LAUNDRY, START TO FINISH.
  • ?Grown-up runs the washer and dryer
  • ?Sort by color and fabric
  • ?Put away by owner
  • ?Fold shirts, pants and towels
WHY THIS EXERCISESort, grown-up washes, fold, put away. Bennie's week three.
How many jobs were on the first Helper chart?
How many minutes is the quick room tidy?
Who approves the pet care chart?
StatementTrue or false?
Clothes are sorted by color before washing.?
You taste food during a kitchen lesson.?
Rinse water for dishes should be warm, not hot.?
Plants are watered whenever you feel like it.?
WHY THIS EXERCISESort first, never taste in a lesson, warm water, a watering schedule.
Which friend hosted the plants and pets week?
WHY THIS EXERCISESix hosts, six jobs. You remember who taught what.

Start your Keeper list

This week you will choose five jobs to keep doing after the course ends. Call it your Keeper chart.

From weeks one to six, write down two or three jobs you want to keep. Tomorrow you will add more and pick your final five.

Try it
Pick one job from the table and do it right now, with a grown-up nearby.
Make your bed in four steps, or fold three towels in thirds.
Say the steps out loud as you go.
Safety first
Pick a job with nothing hot, sharp or electrical. A grown-up runs any machine.

Six jobs reviewed, Helper! Tomorrow Freddy finishes the review with weeks seven to eleven.

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