Measuring
• Fill a measuring cup by using a spoon and leveling with a butter knife.

Cutting
• Cut soft foods - hardboiled egg, banana, cooked vegetables

Grinding
• Pepper
• Nuts
• Coffee
• Hand-crank icecream freezer

Grating
• carrots
• apples for sauce
• cheese

Beating with an Egg Beater
• Old-fashion egg beater

Chores

• Set the table with utensil in the proper place
• Clear off the table and put items in the refrigerator or dishwasher
• Dust
• Put away toys with no guidance
• Fold simple laundry
• Match clean socks
• Sort laundry into jeans, whites, lights, darks
• Hang simple shirts on a hanger (taking the hanger up through the bottom of the shirt)
• Watering plants
• Unload dishwasher
• Gather trash
• Vacuuming with light-weight vacuum
• Wash off countertops and tables

For more ideas read blog posts "Working as a Family"

For more ideas for 5 Year Old children check out the Cooking and Chore Ideas for 3 Year Olds and Cooking and Chore Ideas for 4 Year Olds