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Do Household Chores Together as a Family

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Tag Team Clean With Four People

Here is an example of how you can tag team clean when there are four of you working together:

Part I
Estimated time: 15 minutes

  • Person A puts away anything that has been left out in the foyer.
  • Person B puts away anything that has been left out in the living room and/or family room.
  • Person C puts away anything that has been left out in the kitchen and/or dining room.
  • Person D puts away anything that has been left out in the bedrooms.

Part II
Estimated time: 15 minutes

  • Person A dusts all of the rooms and/or cleans with furniture polish.
  • Person B wipes down all of the surfaces in the kitchen.
  • Person C wipes down all of the surfaces in the bathroom(s).
  • Person D cleans the toilet(s).

Part III
Estimated time: 15 minutes

  • Person A removes the sheets from all of the beds and brings them to the laundry room.
  • Person B puts new sheets on all of the beds.
  • Person C sweeps (the kitchen and any other non-carpeted areas).
  • Person D cleans all of the mirrors.

Part IV
Estimated time: 15 minutes

  • Person A mops the kitchen floor (and any other non-carpeted area).
  • Person B puts the finishing touches on making the beds.
  • Person C vacuums.
  • Person D puts the finishing touches on all of the rooms (straightening pillows, etc.)

Suggestion: Print this page and use different colored highlighters to identify each person's tag team cleaning chores.

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