Picking up toys
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I just have grey bins and when I am in the mood to start cleaning them up I say sing clean up clean everybody do your share and then drop it in real dramatic to get there attention sometimes it works or I sing put it in put it in put it in from ms rachel it depends on their mood the same as us when we don't want to wash the dishes 🤣
My stepson is 4, but has a speech delay. Because we share custody, I used to just pick up after he was with his mom. Having a baby myself now, I hate doing that, so we have him pick up what he was playing with before he moves on to the next toys/activity. The trick has been that I will help him. Otherwise, it never gets done. I'd rather help him than do it all myself.
Personally I'm waiting until my daughter is 3 years old because every time I attempt to teach her to put toys away, she just winds up playing with them. 😅
My daughter is 2.5 and she picks up her toys at naptime and before bed every night. We've been doing it for months now, I can't remember how long exactly but just like with anything, repetition is key. I remember the meltdowns she would have when we first started. She does that with everything she don't want to do, initially. It's not gonna be perfect and she's gets distracted but I tell her to finish picking up the toys and name the item specifically if she's that off track. Also I let her have her meltdowns and afterwards she'd still have to go back and do it 🤷🏾♀️.