Clearing the Clutter in your Child’s Room!
July 27, 2009 by Nikki
Help!
Does this look familiar? It’s a pretty common picture in many of our homes! I recently did a presentation to a group of mom’s and we talked about how to organize a child’s room. Here are some ideas that have helped my family as well as some of my clients!
Think about how you feel when you walk into a room full of clutter, some of the feelings you may feel are frustration, stress, a high level of anxiety. Well our children feel the same way! We can help them …Go from Chaos and Confusion, (look at that little girls face), to peace and a sense of freedom….
Tip #1 – Involve your children in the process. Ask for their opinions and thoughts about how to organize their room. Let them pick out the colors and type of bins, of course with your discretion! When they take ownership, they will more likely maintain it. Plus they will know where everything is, because they helped decide where it goes!
Tip #2 – Organize the room like a preschool or kindergarten room. It does not matter how old they are, if you organize their toys or belongings in such way where everything is clearly labeled and contained, it will be much easier to keep clean.
Tip #3 – Group like items together - and store them where they use them. All the books on the bookshelf near the reading area. All the stuff animals together, so on and so on..
Tip # 4 – Avoid large bins and toy box’s unless you are only putting only one type of toy in them. Stuff animals are great for toy chests. Some of the larger toys like big trucks can go into the larger bins. What you want to avoid is having these be “dumping grounds” for everything. Toys, especially smaller ones will get lost on the bottom.
Tip #5- Teach the concept of putting toys and belongings away after you use them and before you bring something new out. It’s a simple concept and a very difficult one to implement. But I still think it’s worth talking about and teaching our children to take care of their belongings.
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