Teach your child

mamacat · 04-18-2016, 05:06 AM

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marbles · 04-25-2016, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by mamacat

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That's excellent! My kids' room is a MESS and it is so overwhelming for them to think about cleaning it.

knitlove · 04-25-2016, 05:07 PM

I really liked the 'full hands'. I need to use that in general pick up.

Elibellamiah · 04-26-2016, 06:29 AM

I think 10 minutes is unrealistic, but I like the idea of this method. I just tried it on my bedroom, it took me 20 minutes and that was with most everything being clothes or belonging in other rooms, but it felt like the 20 minutes went by quickly. Now I have to deal with the huge pile of stuff that goes in other rooms.

ViolaMum · 04-27-2016, 01:42 PM

That's pretty much how we do it, but it still takes 3 days.

marbles · 04-27-2016, 06:13 PM

We've done this twice now. Yes, 10 minutes is unrealistic. I gave them a bit more time, but I set the timer for each step and divided step3 into"belongs" and "don't belongs". When the timer went off, we were done. They are almost 6 and 4.5 and they did it themselves and they made a huge difference in the room! They were very proud and excited to just do 10 minutes every day for an always clean room. It was really helpful to tell them to do only the one step and ignore everything else.

milkmommy · 04-27-2016, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ViolaMum

That's pretty much how we do it, but it still takes 3 days.

Especially with the kid "helping" then like 30 seconds for it to look like a tornado threw up again...
Honestly if their is one thing I could change about our house it would be the girls bedroom size. It is just too small. If we had another play area I'd be finebut we don't and there is barely a two feet walk space between the bed and door. We have paired her stuff down to soooo little and still I feel like I'm always dealing with a disaster.

04-18-2016, 05:06 AM	#1
mamacat Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,473	Teach your child http://howdoesshe.com/how-to-teach-y...g-a-blowtorch/ This may be moved to another forum __________________ ~Catherine~ Mama to 5: C W C J S And Grandma to 3: A ,K and baby C

04-25-2016, 05:07 PM	#3
knitlove Rose Garden Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle area Posts: 21,260	Re: Teach your child I really liked the 'full hands'. I need to use that in general pick up. __________________ Wife to a wonderful DH for 19 years. Momma to my 29 weeker Early Bird who is thirteen and my little Wiggle Worm born 33 weeks who is nine. How do I have a teenager?! I don't feel ready for this.

04-26-2016, 06:29 AM	#4
Elibellamiah Rose Trellis Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,595	Re: Teach your child I think 10 minutes is unrealistic, but I like the idea of this method. I just tried it on my bedroom, it took me 20 minutes and that was with most everything being clothes or belonging in other rooms, but it felt like the 20 minutes went by quickly. Now I have to deal with the huge pile of stuff that goes in other rooms. __________________ -Jenny Mom to Elijah (10/05) Isabella (11/07) Jeremiah (1/10) Samuel (5/12) and Micah (1/15)

04-27-2016, 01:42 PM	#5
ViolaMum Rose Garden Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5,542	Re: Teach your child That's pretty much how we do it, but it still takes 3 days. __________________ Darcy married to my Photographic Genius (1/00) Mom to: Prima, Secunda, Tertia, and Quarta Youth and Beauty are fleeting, but the ability to bake a great chocolate cake lasts forever!

04-27-2016, 06:13 PM	#6
marbles Rose Garden Our Family Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: South Carolina Posts: 5,047	Re: Teach your child We've done this twice now. Yes, 10 minutes is unrealistic. I gave them a bit more time, but I set the timer for each step and divided step3 into"belongs" and "don't belongs". When the timer went off, we were done. They are almost 6 and 4.5 and they did it themselves and they made a huge difference in the room! They were very proud and excited to just do 10 minutes every day for an always clean room. It was really helpful to tell them to do only the one step and ignore everything else. __________________ Mary K wife to Daniel for 16 years mom to 13 year old the Girl and 11 year old the Boy and 8 year old Tiny Almost always posting from my phone.

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