Tile Picking Worksheet by Age

Every pack has fifteen tiles plus the free pass, and your family picks ten. Pick only tiles you'll actually enforce, every time. Here's who picks the tiles at each age.

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Ages 3 to 5: you pick, your child names the pictures

You pick the ten. Your child names the pictures and picks a favorite or two. Show every tile before anyone's in trouble.
Every tile you pick should pass four tests: right away, doable, consistent and simple. Right away means the draw and the start. A tile that takes away something later, like dessert, is fine: connect it when it comes.
Use a picture on each tile. Let your child name it.

TILE CHECK (ages 3 to 5)
Tile: ______________________________   Picture: ____________
[ ] Starts right away, or I'll connect it when it comes?
[ ] Something a kid this age can actually do?
[ ] Simple: one step, one picture, one idea?
[ ] Would I enforce it every single time?

Around age 7: your child reads every tile and picks some

Your child reads each tile out loud.
Your child picks some of the ten; you pick the rest and keep the last word. If they cut every hard tile, put one back.
Family jobs never go on a tile.

MY PICKS (age 7)
My picks:         ________________________________
                   ________________________________
Grown-up's picks: ________________________________
Grown-up says OK: [ ] yes   ________________ (initials)

Ages 10 to 11: your child proposes, you approve

Lay the pack on the table. Your child proposes ten; you approve them. A tile that can't happen in your house stays in the box.
Keep some hard tiles in the ten. Veto loopholes, like counting the free pass twice.

MY TEN (ages 10 to 11)
 1. ____________________    6. ____________________
 2. ____________________    7. ____________________
 3. ____________________    8. ____________________
 4. ____________________    9. ____________________
 5. ____________________   10. ____________________
Plus: Get Out of Trouble Free!             Approved: [ ]

Tips

Ages 12 to 13: you pick the ten together. Read all fifteen out loud and pick ten together. Your kid will argue for some and against others. You keep the final say, and the ten need some hard tiles in them. Use the Family Meeting Agenda.
Ages 14 to 15: your teen picks, you edit. Your teen picks the ten and drafts the card. Edit with a pen, not a rewrite. If they don't add the honesty line, you add it and explain why.
Ages 16 to 18: your teen picks and signs, you keep the final say. You keep the last word and use it only for something illegal, dangerous or a bag with nothing hard left in it. Use the Teen Responsibility Contract.
Adults: no tiles, just agreements. Use the House Agreement.