Family or household chore system game

Abstract

A game for selecting and distributing job tasks within a household including the steps of selecting, noting or writing a plurality of job tasks on Job Cards and Chore Lists; recording or assigning a weighting of difficulty of the job tasks listed on the Job Cards onto the Chore List; placing the Job Cards in the Job Jar container; household members will periodically select by lot one or more recorded written Job Cards; recording the scoring of each household member upon completion of the daily chores listed on the Chore List and Weekly job tasks listed on the Job Cards selected by lot; tallying the scores for every household member, each week, of daily and weekly jobs completed and recorded to determine weekly rewards per household member; tallying the job task scores on weekly Chore Lists for each household member after each month to determine the winning of the Family Member of The Month award; promoting the name and displaying the photo of the household member that wins the Family Member of The Month award for the entire month following.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A method of conducting household chore and job business comprising: 
 selecting, identifying and recording in writing a plurality of job tasks to be carried out by the household members for the upcoming week, the recording each being stored on a small cardstock sheet of paper in a card deck and list; placing the selected Job Cards in the Job Jar container; each family member selecting by lot one or more recorded written Job Cards on a periodic basis; each cardstock sheet of paper is assigned a weighting of difficulty for each of the recorded written job tasks and recording the difficulty level of each job task by placing the job tasks assigned and numerical score for each task selected on the Chore List sheet of paper; maintaining a Chore List score sheet with the recording of each daily chore accomplished with a pre-assigned point value listed on the Chore List and the weighted job task values based on Job Cards selected stated on the Job Cards upon completion of the job task; tallying the weekly score recorded for each household member upon completion of the week and awarding weekly rewards pre-determined by the household; based on completion of the monthly score recorded by tallying the scores recorded for each household member upon completion of the month and awarding the Family Member of the Month; and promoting within the family the name of the family member of the month during the month following the recorded month.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  for conducting household business wherein the selection of the job task is made by drawing Job Cards from the Job Jar container.  
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2  for conducting household business wherein the score of the Chore List sheet is posted in a conspicuous location as the scores are displayed between recordings.  
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein each household member selects a predetermined number of Job Card sheets each week from the Job Jar.  
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2  wherein a plurality of special Job Cards that are included in the Job Card deck, said special cards permitting a free pass from the job task that allow household members the opportunity to change or award that task to another household member.  
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 2  wherein a plurality of special Job Cards are included with the job tasks, said special sheets providing for required trading of Job Card tasks with another household member.  
     
     
         7 . A method for conducting household business comprising: selecting and distributing job tasks within a household including the steps of writing or selecting a plurality of job t asks o n Job Cards, as signing or displaying the weighting of difficulty of the job task s listed on the Job Cards, placing the Job Cards in the Job Jar container, selecting by lot one or more recorded written Job Cards; recording the scoring of each household member upon completion of the job task; tallying the score recorded each week to determine weekly rewards; tallying score recorded each month to determine the winning family member of the month; and promoting the name and photo of the winning family member of the month.  
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7  for conducting household business wherein the selection of the Job Card is made by drawing a job task Job Card sheet from the Job Jar container.  
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8  for conducting household business wherein the Chore List score sheets are posted in a conspicuous location as the scores and tasks are displayed between recordings.  
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 7  wherein household members sort and select a number of job task Job Cards each week.  
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8  wherein a plurality of special sheets are included with the job task sheets, said special sheets permitting a free pass from obtaining a job task in the drawing.  
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8  wherein a plurality of special sheets are included with the job tasks, said special sheets providing for trading of job task sheets with another family member.  
     
     
         13 . A method for conducting family business comprising: selecting and distributing job tasks within a family including the steps of providing a plurality of tokens carrying designations and weighting of job tasks, placing the job task tokens in a container, drawing tokens thereby selecting by lot at least one recorded written job task; collecting the job task token upon the completion of the designated job task; recording the scoring of each family member upon completion of the job task; tallying the score recorded each month to determine the winning family member of the month; and promoting the name of the winning family member of the month.  
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13  for conducting family business wherein the score sheet is posted in a conspicuous location as the scores are displayed between recordings.  
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13  wherein each family member selects a predetermined number of job task tokens each week.  
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13  wherein a plurality of special tokens are included with the job task tokens, said special tokens permitting a free pass from obtaining a job task in the drawing.  
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 13  wherein a plurality of special tokens are included with the job tasks, said special tokens providing for trading of job task tokens with another family member.