Children, Charts, and Chores

Okay, so I just read an article about setting up children for success when it comes to chores. Now, my son will throw something away if you ask him, put his dishes in the sink if you ask him, help with dinner sometimes, and may pick up some of his toys. He used to be much better about the trash and toys, but I stopped making sure they were picked up every night. Now I just start picking them up at night if there are too many all over or if his room really looks like a disaster.
After reading the first article, I read a couple more. I would quote what they put on here, but there are hundreds of articles on this subject and they are all very similar. Kids who do chores (age appropriate) are more aware of others and work harder as they grow older. You can Google it online and find all the same ones.
I just thought it was interesting. I've seen the cute charts you can buy at the store that are just way too cute, but I have only one child and it's a little crazy to buy a chart made for around four kids for just the one. I also saw a mom on Wife-Swap who gave the kids in the other house a rock (they had jars) every time they did something well and for every so many rocks they got something (their toys back). It worked pretty well.
I did something similar for potty training. I made a chart with the days of the week on the side and several boxes all along. For every time my son used the toilet, he got a sticker. For every time he had an accident, he got an "x." On the days that he got only stickers, he got a fake dollar. Then, he could trade them in for things.
Now, I am excited and want to make a chart with possible chores and fake dollars. Who knows, maybe I'll even start paying my son in spare change (he gets it all for free now) and let him spend it at the store. Honestly, I probably won't do that because we never keep cash on us anymore.
I'll try to fix my printer and get that working. If I can, then I will post pics later and my son's progress. I'm sure he'll do okay at the very least because he loves stickers and chores aren't really chores yet.