Helping at home and church

Ages 6 to 8 Read together, then try alone · about 20 minutes

Read together

Everyone can help. Small jobs make a big difference.

Helping is a way to show love.

Do it

1. Make a list of five jobs you can do at home: set the table, water plants, fold towels.
2. Ask at your church what a child can do: greet, hand out books, tidy chairs.
3. Choose one job each week. Do it cheerfully and well.
4. Tick it off a chart and say thanks to those you helped.

Talk about it

• Who did you help this week?
• How did it feel?

For the grown-up

Children gain confidence and belonging when they are given real jobs. Match the job to the child's age, and keep church helping under adult supervision.

Mark as done

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Where this comes from

• Rossmann, M., “Involving Children in Household Tasks: Is It Worth the Effort?”, University of Minnesota Extension (2002)
• American Academy of Pediatrics, HealthyChildren.org, pages on chores and responsibility

Written with AI assistance and checked against the sources listed. Please read it before sharing it with a child.