Kids Allowance Tracker

What this sheet is for

This sheet gives kids ages 7 and up a place to record every chore they complete and every dollar they earn toward a specific goal. It works best when a parent posts the chore menu on the refrigerator and the child fills in the ledger the same day a job is done, so the record stays accurate and the growing running total stays visible.

How to use it

Write your name and what you are saving up for at the top of the sheet. The box labeled Chores and what each pays lists the six chores available and the dollar amount each one earns. Each time you finish a chore, fill in one row of the ledger: write the date in the Date column, the job name in the Chore I did column, and the dollar amount from the menu in the $ Earned column. Then add that amount to your previous Running Total and write the new total in the last column. Repeat for each chore throughout the week.

What is printed on the page

“Kids Allowance Tracker” is laid out as points ledger: a points menu of six tasks and their values in a box at the top, a name and saving-up-for line, then a sixteen-row ledger of date, task, points earned and running total. Under the title it reads “Log chores and dollars earned — ages 7–12”, and the line at the foot of the page says “Add up the Dollars Earned column at the end of each week to check your Running Total is correct.”.

The menu items slot holds six entries — “Unload the dishwasher — $1.00”, “Vacuum one room — $1.50”, “Take out the trash — $0.75”, “Wipe down the bathroom sink — $0.75”, “Sweep the kitchen floor — $1.00” and “Fold and put away laundry — $1.50” — so the sheet is already filled in for chores rather than left as blank rows to label yourself.

The remaining labels on “Kids Allowance Tracker”, the chores sheet, are “My name” for the name label, “I am saving up for” for the goal prompt, “Chores and what each pays” for the menu heading, “Date” for the date heading, “Chore I did” for the task heading, “$ Earned” for the points heading and “Running Total” for the total heading.

Two things about this particular points ledger are settings rather than text, and “Kids Allowance Tracker” has them set like this. Menu box is on: include the points menu box at the top. Goal line is on: include the saving-up-for line beside the name.

Tips

Set a weekly payday — Friday works well — so the Running Total resets and cash changes hands on a predictable schedule.

Cross-reference the ledger with the chore menu before paying out; the job name in the Chore I did column should match one of the six listed items exactly.

If a child does the same chore twice in one day, allow two separate rows so the ledger shows a complete, accurate record of every completed job.

The other layouts in this set

“Kids Allowance Tracker” is one of five sheets in this set, each a different fixed layout filled for the same topic. “My Helping Stars Chart” uses the star grid layout, “Tidy Room Star Chart” uses the single goal layout, “Chore Points Ledger” uses the points ledger layout and “Screen Time Chore Chart” uses the points ledger layout. Pick by how you work: the layout decides how much you write and where, not what the sheet is about.