October 6, 2006, Newsletter Issue #53: Cleanup=Organization
Tip of the Week
Yes, you just want the livingroom cleaned before dinner, but what are our children learning when they "clean up"?
For starters, they are learning responsibility. They put the toys out therefore they need to put them away. They will eventually learn that if they put their toys away, theyŽll be able to find them again easily when they want them.
When there are lots of shelves, cubbies, buckets, and boxes for a childŽs toys, he also learns the math skills of sorting, association, alike/different, sets, and order: all the musical instruments go in the same bucket, all the dress-up clothes go in the same box, games stack on one shelf while books stack on another.
So the next step might be how to make it fun. Make a game out of it. "Can you pick up only the yellow blocks? And IŽll pick up the red blocks." "Will you pick up the cars while I pick up the trains?" Give your child a choice, but not a yes/no choice: "Would you like to pick up the stuffed animals first or the books?"
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