1. Big Jobs: Planning for Competence Nancy P. Jones (March 2005). Young Children, pp 86 – 90

2. What is a Big Job  A useful, helpful task that requires several people to work together.

3.  Developing a competency of any kind increases the feelings of self-efficacy, making a person more ready to seek out new challenges.

4. Emotional Development  Make children feel important, confident, useful, and successful.

6. Outdoor Big Jobs –Care of large animals –Pick up trash

7. Fall Big Jobs –Raking leaves –Picking apples

8. Winter Big Jobs

9. Spring Big Jobs –Spring cleaning –Organizing shelves –Planting flowers

10. Indoor Big Jobs –Flower arranging –Window washing –Care of pets –Care of plants –Floor manager

11. Tools are essential

12. Big Jobs: Planning for Competence Nancy P. Jones (March 2005). Young Children, pp 86 – 90