ChartKidChore charts for two, three and four-year-olds
At this age the point is not a clean house. It is a child who sees themselves as someone who helps, and who gets a sticker for it.
Keep it to three jobs
Toddlers can hold about three things in mind, and a chart they can't finish stops being fun by the second day. Good first jobs: putting toys in the box, carrying their plate to the counter, putting dirty clothes in the basket, helping to feed the pet. Add "brush teeth" or "shoes on" if the routine needs a nudge.
Pictures do the reading
A three-year-old can't read "Put toys away", but they can recognise the tractor next to it. Every job on the chart gets a sticker picture from the theme you choose; click a picture in the list to swap it for one that matches the job better. Keep the chart somewhere low enough for them to point at.
Stickers, not ticks
The chart is set to sticker spaces for a reason. Placing a sticker is the reward at this age, and it is immediate, which is the only kind of reward a toddler understands. Keep the sticker sheet out of reach but close, and let them choose which one.
Do the job together
Toddlers help alongside you, not instead of you. Expect to put most of the toys in the box yourself for a while. Praise the trying, not the result: "You helped tidy up" beats "Good job" because it names what they did.
Skip the big rewards
A week is too long for a two-year-old to wait. If you want something beyond stickers, make it tiny and same-day: choosing the bedtime story, an extra song. The reward line is on by default so you can write it in, or turn it off and let the stickers be enough.
Expect good days and bad days
Some days the chart will be ignored. That is normal. Don't take stickers away; the chart only ever adds. When a job becomes easy, swap it for a new one and print a fresh chart, which takes a minute and usually brings the interest back.