As parents, our foremost role is to ensure that our children grow up to be independent and fully-functional people who can survive on their own. This involves not just giving them education but also equipping them with life skills like cooking, maintaining hygiene and helping them understand the importance of doing their chores. For this, you need to start early and involve your kids in age-appropriate chores. A toddler has enough motor control to do a number of chores around the house. Of course, you need to teach and supervise AT ALL TIMES, but the idea is to help them learn basic things that one needs to do around the house. Here is a list of chores you can ask your 2-3-year-olds to help with. You can either treat it as an exercise, or reward them accomplishing tasks like making their bed, or remembering to flush the toilet. Here is a list of 30 things that most toddlers should be able to do.
Dusting shelves and toys
Wiping tabletop
Scrubbing the sink or bathtub
Putting away dishes after washing
Hanging clothes to dry
Folding laundry and finding the matching socks
Setting up the table
Putting away folded laundry
Give food to the pet
Grab cutlery from the kitchen when eating
Straighten the pillows and putting away the blanket
Put sheets on the bed
Peel fruits like oranges, banana or pomegranate
Sweep the floors
Arrange the bookshelf
Put things back in its place
Watering the plants
Put dirty laundry in the washing machine
Wear their own clothes and shoes
Putting away shoes in the shoe rack
Wipe windows and doors
Wash their bikes
Put out the trash
Throw trash in the dustbin
Help you put away the groceries
Crack and whisk eggs
Whist batters for cake, pancake etc.
Fetch vegetable from the refrigerator
Put together a simple sandwich
Go to the washroom independently, and flush the toilet
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