With today's patch parents now have the ability to print a chore chart for each child directly from that child's chore list in the Childzilla system! While we originally envisioned the Childzilla Chore Chart system to be an online only tool, we have listened to the requests from parents who simply want to easily create a chore chart online and print it off week by week for the children to check off day by day. The nice thing is, parents can now have the best of both worlds! Kids can check off, or color in, their completed chores on the printed chart, and the parent can then quickly transfer the printed page every week to keep a running 'score' of the completed chores.
Presently, all printed charts will print with the default Childzilla theme, however we will gradually enable each design theme to have it's own customized printed chore chart. For example, the "Hockey Theme" will have the goofy hockey player at the top, and the check marks will be replaced with hockey pucks or hockey sticks.
To print a chore chart from the Childzilla Chore Chart system, simply follow these steps:
1) Login to the Parent Administration area
2) Click on the Chore Manager link on the left navigation
3) Select the child you want to print the chore from so their online chore list shows up
4) Click the Print Chart button
Note, the printed chore chart will automatically implement the chore schedule that you set in the Chore Manager. So, if a certain chore is only due on Monday and Thursday, all the other days will be 'blocked out' so your children can easily follow day by day their responsibilities.
Let us know how you like this new feature! While a geek like me can't quite comprehend all this 'paper stuff', I am sure other parents will appreciate it :) Seriously though, I really think this is a good feature upgrade that a lot of parents will opt to use instead of a 100% online chore chart solution.