http://www.themomcrowd.com/how-to-get-your-preschoolers-to-pick-up-their-toys Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:00:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.themomcrowd.com/how-to-get-your-preschoolers-to-pick-up-their-toys/comment-page-1#comment-100008 An Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:45:47 +0000 http://www.themomcrowd.com/?p=1281#comment-100008 Thank you! I knew there had to be a better way to get my 3 & 5 year old to pick up their mess. It has been a long battle with them and after one last blow-up tonight I thought enough is enough. I searched the internet and found this post. I am going to give this a try. Because it doesn't seem like anything else is and the "rules" of the past are fading. I love the ability to just walk away, it is their responsibility not mine. Thank you thank you! Hopefully sanity will somewhat reign! Thank you! I knew there had to be a better way to get my 3 & 5 year old to pick up their mess. It has been a long battle with them and after one last blow-up tonight I thought enough is enough. I searched the internet and found this post. I am going to give this a try. Because it doesn’t seem like anything else is and the “rules” of the past are fading. I love the ability to just walk away, it is their responsibility not mine. Thank you thank you! Hopefully sanity will somewhat reign!

]]> http://www.themomcrowd.com/how-to-get-your-preschoolers-to-pick-up-their-toys/comment-page-1#comment-99953 Breanna Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:31:44 +0000 http://www.themomcrowd.com/?p=1281#comment-99953 I've kept these suggestions in my mind for the past couple weeks because I've really been in need of a good solution. Clean up time is always like pulling teeth and in the past has ended up with everyone throwing tantrums. So the other day, I decided to try one of your "tricks". I told them I was going to set the timer for 10 minutes and see if they could get the whole playroom clean before it beeped, and if they did I'd give them a treat. The idea thrilled them. And they finished in 5! I figured surely the novelty would wear off, and I knew I wouldn't be able to offer a treat every time they cleaned up. After all, they live here. They are supposed to clean up their messes. However, every time I ask them to clean up now, they ASK me to set the timer (my kids are 3 and 5) and they get so excited about it! Even when there's nothing in return. I never would've guessed that something so simple would make such a big difference. Thanks for the help! I’ve kept these suggestions in my mind for the past couple weeks because I’ve really been in need of a good solution. Clean up time is always like pulling teeth and in the past has ended up with everyone throwing tantrums. So the other day, I decided to try one of your “tricks”. I told them I was going to set the timer for 10 minutes and see if they could get the whole playroom clean before it beeped, and if they did I’d give them a treat. The idea thrilled them. And they finished in 5! I figured surely the novelty would wear off, and I knew I wouldn’t be able to offer a treat every time they cleaned up. After all, they live here. They are supposed to clean up their messes. However, every time I ask them to clean up now, they ASK me to set the timer (my kids are 3 and 5) and they get so excited about it! Even when there’s nothing in return. I never would’ve guessed that something so simple would make such a big difference. Thanks for the help!

]]> http://www.themomcrowd.com/how-to-get-your-preschoolers-to-pick-up-their-toys/comment-page-1#comment-99801 The Mom Crowd » Playrooms Are Cool Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:47:44 +0000 http://www.themomcrowd.com/?p=1281#comment-99801 [...] Having a designated area for the toys has kept my regular living room more clean and a retreat for me at the end of the day.  Now I just need to teach my 2 year old how to pick her toys up every night. If she doesn’t fully understand how to clean up by the time she is a preschooler, then I am going to try Amelia’s tips on How to Teach Your Preschooler to Pick Up Their Toys. [...] [...] Having a designated area for the toys has kept my regular living room more clean and a retreat for me at the end of the day.  Now I just need to teach my 2 year old how to pick her toys up every night. If she doesn’t fully understand how to clean up by the time she is a preschooler, then I am going to try Amelia’s tips on How to Teach Your Preschooler to Pick Up Their Toys. [...]

]]> http://www.themomcrowd.com/how-to-get-your-preschoolers-to-pick-up-their-toys/comment-page-1#comment-96415 The Mom Crowd » How To Get Your Preschoolers To Pick Up Their Toys: A Follow-Up Fri, 22 May 2009 08:35:30 +0000 http://www.themomcrowd.com/?p=1281#comment-96415 [...] couple of weeks ago, Amelia posted a method for how to get our preschoolers to pick up their toys.  It was a battle we ‘ve waging in our home, so the timing was right for us to try [...] [...] couple of weeks ago, Amelia posted a method for how to get our preschoolers to pick up their toys.  It was a battle we ‘ve waging in our home, so the timing was right for us to try [...]

]]> http://www.themomcrowd.com/how-to-get-your-preschoolers-to-pick-up-their-toys/comment-page-1#comment-93153 Dawn Thu, 07 May 2009 01:58:37 +0000 http://www.themomcrowd.com/?p=1281#comment-93153 There was a little fussiness tonight about the third bag-full. She started to put away a book here or a toy there. But then she sat down and just refused to put more away. We don't really have that many toys for the kids, so things are fixin' to get pretty boring for them in the near future. There was a little fussiness tonight about the third bag-full. She started to put away a book here or a toy there. But then she sat down and just refused to put more away. We don’t really have that many toys for the kids, so things are fixin’ to get pretty boring for them in the near future.

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