This week the kids and I are learning about King Henry V, the battle of Agincourt, and the Treaty of Troyes. For a project we decided to write our own simple treaty over something that at times causes headaches in our house- chores.
This treaty was between all four kids and myself. The agreement was that we would all do our chores quickly and with a good attitude.
The kids agreed that they would no longer whine, fight, or run away and hide during chore time. That they would ask what they needed to do next as they completed tasks and do tasks quickly. If they did not do this they agreed they would have to copy verses for displays of bad attitude, have an extra chore for running away, and after three infractions would have to make their own dinner.
I agreed that I would make sure to have the chore list out and ready for the day, would play good music during chore time with holiday themes as much as possible, would help them with chores, and have a good attitude myself. If I was unprepared or unwilling to help the kids would not have to do chores and if I had a bad attitude they would get to put their input into what we had for dinner that night.
They all signed the treaty and had a fun time coming up with terms and consequences we all could live with. I think it gave a good example of how these things worked on a smaller scale and helped them understand. I do plan on holding them to it. Usually they do chores well, but we are not perfect and there are always those days which seem to happen more often when the days are shorter for some reason :)
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