Can Your Kids Really Help You Clean Your Home?

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Can Your Kids Really Help You Clean Your Home?
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• Our kids tend to get the blame for a lot of
  things, not least for not tidying up after
  themselves or for making our homes look dirty and
  cluttered. But instead of admonishing them for
  this, why not try to help them become a part of
  the solution, and work with them to keep your
  home clean?
• Here are a few simple ways in which your kids can
  help you clean your home
• Setting cleaning ground rules that your kids can
  manage
• Establishing a few house rules when it comes to
  cleaning can be a great way for kids to
  understand how important it is, and for them to
  see how much smoother

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• the household runs when these rules are abided
  by. That said, youll need to adapt your rules
  depending on your kids, and younger tots will
  need much simpler tasks such as returning their
  toys to a box or collecting place mats after
  dinner.
• Keep instructions clear and simple when giving
  your kids tasks to complete
• Giving multiple tasks tends to overwhelm kids and
  make them feel as if their work will never end!
  Just as loose instructions such as clean your
  room, may not give them enough direction as to
  exactly what you expect from them.

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• If their room is untidy, give them clear and
  simple tasks to complete that will ensure it at
  least looks tidier, if it isnt exactly clean. If
  you have storage crates for toys and other kids
  items, you could put a picture of what goes in
  each one, on the outside of it to help make it
  even clearer.
• Store toys and limit how many are played with at
  any given time
• Kids love to gather up all their toys at once and
  scatter them about the place, and then are less
  inclined to tidy up after themselves. Putting a
  limit on how many toys or games they can play
  with at one time, will make their job a lot
  easier when it comes to tidying up. If you think
  your child has games or toys that they

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• no longer play with, why not have a yard sale or
  donate them to charity? Less toys equals less
  clutter!
• Role play
• We all know that kids love to play act, and so
  why not have your little ones pretend that they
  run a cleaning company while they are tidying up
  and putting things away, and you could even make
  them a little uniform with a pair of matching
  gloves.

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• Boogie while you clean!
• One great way of motivating your kids to tidy up
  is to play their favourite song and set them the
  challenge of picking up all their toys before it
  ends. They will enjoy the music and the
  challenge, and the cleaning will be accomplished
  a lot faster.
• Rewards for the cleanest room
• Pitting your kids against each other sometimes
  works well in motivating them, particularly if
  there is a treat at the end of it! Ask your kids
  to clean their rooms and once theyve done, you
  inspect it and give a reward to whichever child
  has

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• done the best job. Although you may want to
  simply give rewards for cleaning their rooms
  without making a competition of it, it really
  depends on your kids!
• Wherever possible, try to make cleaning and
  tidying up a fun job, and remember to praise them
  well if they have put the effort in. They may not
  always meet your standards or follow your
  instructions to the letter, but effort is just as
  important, and the more praise they get for
  cleaning, the more likely they are to continue
  doing it.

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