regarding chores: I did 'beans/pogs'...

When my oldest 2 were 7&4, we had baby jars for each and beans were for undesirable behaviour and the pogs were for good behavior/chores done. At the end of the week, they exchanged the pogs for dimes and for the beans they put a nickel in the mommy jar. It worked for awhile and was quite fun. Now with 6 kids, its a little different, but I did find a pad of paper for chores checklist at the local teachers store Apple Tree, it has 'taking care of myself taking care of my room taking care of the house other things I need to do days of the week across, under each topic are a few lines to fill in whatevers appropriate and little boxes under the days of the week for a checklist. Its really basic, colorful, but works well for us all, even mom&dad. Maybe this will help someone else. I love getting different ideas from people. Take care! Lynne