Oh, this cleaning of the children's room. How many quarrels and conflicts around her. Often adults attach too much importance to this and get too hung up on it.
The child is not at all disturbed by the mess in the room, he likes everything - the toys are in a conspicuous place, you don’t have to look for anything, you can continue to play from the place from which you finished yesterday. There are no children who like to clean up and do it with pleasure 😁 Sometimes they don’t see at all that the room is not cleaned - it seems to them that everything is OK.
So how do you get your child to clean up the toys in the room?
Much faster and more fun to clean up together - help! Show your child that tidying up is quick, easy, and fun. And yet, children do not like to do what they are scolded for. And, on the contrary, what they are praised for and what they succeed in doing is done with pleasure.
▪️6 tips to persuade your child to clean up:
1. SONG. Put it up and offer to have time to clean up the toys together before it ends.
2. GIVE IT AS IF:
- “Come on, as if we are squirrels who store nuts (toys) for the winter. You are in your box and I am in mine.
“We are pirates who hide treasure in boxes.”
“We are giant vacuum cleaners raking toys through boxes.”
- “We are rabbits who compete to see who can put the most and fastest carrots in a box” - the children will be delighted.
3. GIVE ME A TASK. Ask your child to divide the cleaning into parts and give you the task of where and what to clean. You remove your part, and he removes his.
4. SIMPLICITY. Don't waste time sorting - put all the toys in large boxes, boxes and containers.
5. Be specific. Instead of “Clean up the room”, it’s better like this: “Please pick up the toys from the floor”, “Hang things on a high chair”, “Put the album on the shelf”.
6. WHEN-THEN: "When you put the toys in the box, Then we'll go for a walk." "When we clean the room, Then I'll put on a cartoon for you." "When we collect the toys, Then I will read to you."
Please relax and don't stress so much about the scattered toys. This mess in the room is not worth your good relationship with your child! 😉
We wish you mutual understanding with your child! 🥰
Yours, Amelia Kowalski
Academy of Humanities and Economics in Łódź, Psychology
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