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Toy Box

Cleaning up and making things tidy is a big part of what children have to learn at a very early age. When there is a toy box for your kids to drop their toys into—cleaning up is not so complicated. A toy box makes for a tidy bedroom, child-care facility, or nursery as well as teaching children the importance of putting away the toys they have played with.

Every child should have a toy box at home, and toy boxes and toy bins are an excellent way to keep the room looking nice—even the youngest children will see it almost as a game to play. Of course, the best way to motivate a child to clean up is to reward him or her. You can choose how—most often in my day-care class I just ask: “who will be my big helpers?” Then as I begin to clean up, I sing a “clean-up” song, and usually they like to sing along too. When the children help me I make sure to thank each one of them individually—not just “thanks class.” I say: “Evan, what a good job helping!!! And Libby thank you so much for helping too . . . we have so many good helpers in this class!!”

Most importantly, a toy box can be the easiest solution for kids who seem to dread organizing their toys and placing everything out in view. Perhaps their toy box will not have the highest technology in organizing features—but the room will become less messy and more pleasing to the eye. Maybe they will just have to catch on to the organization thing later on.

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