Re: Brainstorming help, please!
For mine, I would probably work with them one-on-one to get chores done during project time, or at least send them off to do their chore but be aware whether it was getting done or not. I'm not sure if that would work for the learned helplessness issue, or disrupt the cooperation that they seem to be doing so well with. But when they start having trouble with getting chores done independently, I either spread them out so that I can monitor individually while the others are engaged in something else, or as Crystal said, I switch to group chores that we all do together. Sometimes that is more "fair" that no one has to work while others slack. If I can't come up with a chore for everyone, I may group them in twos or threes....help the littles while the oldest reads, help the olders while the littles watch something or play, etc.
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