The closing bell card

Not a chart — a ritual. Four steps, two minutes, after dinner, with the kids watching. The habit is what makes any chore system survive past the second week, and almost every one that fails, fails here.

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The closing bell card

Name: ____________________

  • Ring the bell. Everyone comes to the kitchen.
  • Each child says what they did today.
  • You agree it, out loud, one job at a time.
  • Write the amount down where they can see it grow.

Same time every night. It takes two minutes and it is the only rule that matters.

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This chart is the manual version. Sock Market keeps the running total, reads the jobs aloud for pre-readers, and turns a price into “that's 12 jobs”.

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