Chore roster for kids
A chore roster for kids that parents run and kids can check
Add each child by name, with no email or account, and decide which jobs suit which age. FairTurns hands out the turns, and the kids check the link to see whose night it is.
Free, with no limit on people or dates. No card.
Whose turn is it? The same question every night
Ask three kids whose turn it is to set the table and you’ll get three answers, all of them “not mine”. A sticker chart helps for about a fortnight. Then the stickers run out, the chart comes down for a birthday party, and you’re back to refereeing at 6:10 pm with the pasta going cold.
Kids are fierce about fairness and hopeless at keeping score, so take the scoring off their hands. FairTurns gives each turn to the child who has had the fewest of that job, and the count is there for anyone to look at. When the nine-year-old says “I always have to do it”, you can open the turns chart together and see.
You stay in charge. Children are added by name only: no email address, no account, no app of their own. You set who can do which job, so the five-year-old gets “shoes away” and the twelve-year-old gets the bins. The guide to chores by age has ideas for what suits each age.
How it works for a family with kids
Children added by name
No email, no password, no account. Type their names in and they’re on the roster like anyone else.
Jobs that fit their age
Put each child only on the jobs you’ve chosen for them. Fill never gives a job to someone who isn’t set up for it.
Fewest turns goes next
Each empty spot goes to the child with the fewest turns at that job, which ends most of the “not my turn” debates.
A link they can open
Share the public roster on the family tablet or a teenager’s phone. Nothing to sign in to, and nothing they can change.
Camp and the other house
You can set away days for a child with no account: the week of school camp, or the days they’re at the other parent’s place.
Print it for the fridge
Like paper as well? Print the list and stick it up. It matches the link because it’s the same roster.
Set it up
- 01
Set up the family
Create an organisation for the family.
- 02
Name the jobs
Add a team for each job that has its own day or time, like Set the table, Feed the dog or Bins.
- 03
Add the kids
Paste their names, one per line, with no email needed.
- 04
Match jobs to ages
Put each child on the job teams they’re old enough for.
- 05
Fill and share
Press Fill, check the next month, and put the link on the family tablet.
When you want it to run itself
Pro emails the roster on the day you choose, and a reminder before each turn, to anyone on the jobs who has accepted an invitation, which suits a teenager with their own email. Children added by name only get no emails. Pro is A$12 a year for the family.
A$1 a month per organisation, paid 1 to 5 years at a time. See Pro and pricing
Good to know
- Children don’t pick their own chores. You set which jobs suit each child and the roster shares them out.
- Anyone with the public link can see it, so use first names or nicknames, and keep the link within the family.
- FairTurns shows whose turn it is; ticking off a finished job, stars and pocket money are up to you.
- Away days for a child without an account are set by a parent. Marking a day away doesn’t take them off a turn they already have, so move that one by hand.
Questions
Do my kids need an email address or a phone?
They can be added by name only, with no email and no account. To see the roster they open the link on a shared tablet or computer, or on their own phone if they have one.
How do I give the older kids the harder jobs?
Put each child only on the jobs that suit their age. The seven-year-old can be on the table and the dog, the fourteen-year-old on the bins and the lawn, and Fill only gives each job to children set up for it.
Can a teenager have their own login?
Yes. Invite them by email and once they accept they can sign in, see their own next dates first and mark the days they are away. With Pro they get a reminder email too.
What about days at the other parent’s house?
Mark those days as away for the child, either as a stretch for a holiday or as a regular rule, and Fill leaves them off those days.
Is it free?
Yes. The chore roster is free, with no limit on children, jobs or dates. Pro adds email reminders and costs A$12 a year for the whole family.
Free templates and guides
Chore chart template
A printable chore chart for kids: jobs down the side, the week across, a box to tick each day.
Chores by age
A sensible list of chores children can learn at each age, and how to teach and share them out.
Chore roster maker
List the people and the chores. Each week everyone moves on to a different job.
Similar rosters
Household chores
The whole family’s chores on one shared roster, with whose turn it is on everyone’s phone.
Cooking and dishes turns
Whose turn to cook and whose turn to wash up, night by night, on one link the house can check.
Dog walking and pet care
Walks, feeds and the litter tray shared out between the family or housemates, so the dog gets one dinner.