Ways to Make Cleaning and Organizing with Preschoolers Fun
Let’s face it, preschoolers are messy! They are too busy playing and have more important things to do rather than to pick up after themselves. Studies have shown that when it comes to organizational skills, it is best to start as early as possible. These behaviors can begin to be set in place as early as 2 or 3. Here are some great tips to make cleaning and organizing with preschoolers fun.
First and foremost – Have FUN! Make it into a game. If you have a timer, try turning it into a race. Let’s say you have a pile of legos that needs to be cleaned. Grab a timer, and turn it into a competition to see who can put away the most amount of legos in the given amount of time. Be wary as to not to make the time length set too long, as short attention spans tend to wander and your child may lose focus.
If your preschoolers are able to recognize letters, you can use a small series of letters to help keep them organized (and BONUS – help remember those letters too). Bringing it back to those legos. Try marking your lego bin with a large L for “Legos”. Other examples would be using HS for all those hair ties, a C for “Cars”, or B for “Blocks”.
Have you ever wondered what can you do with all those mismatched socks that are always lying around? Little hands and dusting, that’s what!! If you want to teach your little ones to start dusting at an early age, this is a great way to do it. Plus, there is the added bonus of fun sock puppet hands.
Let’s face it, just keeping things off the floor is hard. Using something like a shoe or cubby rack can help. If your preschoolers recognize colors, this could be a great tool to help keep kids organized. If your child cannot yet recognize colors, this could be a fun way to help them learn both colors and organization at the same time. Teaching them to place certain items into their corresponding color-coded bin will make it easier to keep things off the floor.
Cleaning and Organizing with Preschoolers by Creating Zones
If you have a preschooler that loves to do arts and crafts, create one area where they can express their creative talents.
Do they love building with legos? That can be another zone, this can help keep the messes to one zone for easier clean up later.
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[…] The online search for help, ANY help, began. I called my sister, my Mother In Law, my cousin – S.O.S.!!! They were awesome and chipped with wisdom, guidance, and advice (I do think I could hear them all chuckling under their breath…). OK – now I need teaching materials. Hmmm. I was in search of something that was organized, easy-to-use, pretty much dummy-proof. My search led me to many options but I found one place that laid things out for us Non-Teacher, Suddenly Teachers OMG Now What types, here at Really Good Stuff. I found lesson plans, crafts, how-to, when-to, wall charts, budget bundles, classroom organization tips, privacy shields – you name, it, they have it. With SO MUCH STUFF – I was pleased and excited with how organized they had all of their merchandise. You can shop by grade, by activity, by purpose – they have things bundled together, separate if you need it – ALL IN ONE PLACE. Amen and THANKYOUVERYMUCH. If they sold patience by the bottle – I’d have bought it by the pallet, delivered every Monday. I already thought teachers were superheroes in plain clothes – now I am CERTAIN they’ve all found creative ways to hide their capes. Big shout out from this Proud Momma to all of you who help our little people learn, strive, and thrive. Hoping to see you all again SOON! (like, really, really soon….). And if you’ve still got little pre-schoolers running around, here are some ways to make cleaning and organizing with preschoolers fun! […]