Resources for families

Articles, free printables and short guides to using jelly beans.

Articles

Chores for kids by age

Age-appropriate chores from toddlers to teens, with tips that make chores stick.

How to set up a chore chart for a blended family

A fair, simple chore chart for blended families: shared rules, kids who split time between homes, and rewards that feel equal.

Allowance vs. rewards: what works at each age

Should kids get an allowance, earn rewards, or both? A practical guide by age, with tips for tying money to chores fairly.

Printables

Printable chore chart by age

A free one-page printable list of age-appropriate chores for kids from 2 to 15+. Print it and put it on the fridge.

Printable weekly family chore chart

A free printable weekly chore chart for the whole family. Write in names and chores, then check off each day.

Tutorials

Getting started with jelly beans

Set up your family in jelly beans in a few minutes: add your family, pick starter chores and start asking the assistant.

Using reminders in jelly beans

Set up jelly beans reminders for calendar events, chores, the daily check-in and things waiting on a parent, with quiet hours and daily limits.

Keeping kids safe in Kids' Corner

How Kids' Corner in jelly beans lets kids connect with friends they know, with both families' parents approving and able to read every message.

Adding and assigning chores

How to add chores in jelly beans, assign them to kids, and see who finished on time.

The Jelly Store and golden jelly beans

How kids earn colored and golden jelly beans and spend them on rewards in the Jelly Store, with a parent's yes.

Using the Bean Bank

See each kid's jelly beans, allowance and savings goals in one place with the jelly beans Bean Bank.

Inviting a friend

How parents and kids invite another family to try jelly beans.