Creating a Home Journal: Step 5, Part 1-Cleaning

This section is big so we will break it into a few posts. In this Section I keep my Cleaning Plan, the Children's Chore charts and some of my favourite cleaning solution recipes. The first part will be about my Cleaning Plan.

This is the first page of my cleaning section. The table shows each day of the week, What cleaning I need to do, and the tools I need to do it. In order to create it, I made a list of all the important chores that must be done. then I divided them by tools needed to complete them and lastly, I assigned them a day. When I was done I had a chart that looked like this:

Cleaning Plan

Day	Chore	Tools
Monday	Sweep and mop all floors	Broom, Dustpan, Mop, Bucket. Mr. Clean, Plastic Scraper
Tuesday	Clean all mirrors and TV/computer screens and inside windows; wipe down all surfaces; dust	Window Shammy, Windoe cleaner, Plastic Scraper
Wednesday	Clean all sinks, toilets, the shower and tub	Abrasive Cleaner, Plastic Scouring Pad, All-Purpose Cleaner, Rags , a Towel
Thursday	Water plants, collect garbage	Watering Can and Fresh Water, A Lrg Garbage Bag
Friday	Clean stove, refirgerator, dishwasher; washing machine and drier	All-Purpose Cleaner, Abrasive Cleaner, Plastic Scouring Pad, Rags Towel

You might want to includyour laundry schedule here too. Below is mine

Laundry Schedule

Mondays	My laundry
Tuesdays	Wash younger children's laundry
Wednesdays	All towel and wash cloth laundry
Thursdays	Laundry day off
Fridays	Bedding Laundry

Homework

create a title page for this section.

Make a list of weekly chores

Divide them by tools needed.

Assign each group to a day of the week.

Put the information in a chart or a way that makes sense to you and print it out and put it in your binder ;)

Next
Supply lists and solution recipes