Works for Me Wednesday
Picking up toys is the bane of my existence. Ok, not really, but it does drive me crazy. Cupcake (2 1/2) and Sprinkles (13 mo.) love to play but didn’t think picking up was much fun.
So I made a “job jar”. I used a container my hand could fit into and that also had a lid. (I used a baby food cereal can.) I wrote out different jobs on colored paper, cut them into slips and put them in the jar.
Some examples of jobs are:
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Pick up dress up clothes and put them in the toy box
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Pick up Barbies and put them in the toy bin
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Put books back on bookshelf
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Put together puzzles and store on shelf
The girls pick a job or two before lunch and bedtime. They are very cooperative if I help. Sometimes it would be quicker to do it myself, but I really want them to learn how to pick up after themselves. So I am taking the time now to teach them and they are eager to learn at this age.
They are usually excited to take a turn picking a job and “getting” to pick up their toys. It’s working like a charm for now.
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