| Little kids are almost unaware of the fact that what is | | | | precious household items. |
| messiness and what is not. They like to play with | | | | Do's |
| things all around them. But it is important to note here | | | | - Grandma's Rule |
| that children do not do this willingly. It is just because | | | | Sometimes, you see that your child is not willing to |
| they are not aware of the facts. It is your duty as | | | | clean the mess. Here you have to use different |
| parents to teach them how to clean things up. Tell | | | | techniques to encourage your child to do that task. For |
| them the importance of being neat and clean and | | | | example, you can use grandma's rule to motivate |
| keep the surroundings neat and clean. Teach them | | | | them as, ask them you can allowed to go outside if |
| gradually and instead of punishing them, encourage | | | | you picked those blocks up. In this way you can |
| them for little efforts. Here are few points given to | | | | motivate them to do the tasks. |
| teach your children to deal with messiness | | | | - Work Together |
| appropriately. | | | | Always try to work with your small children. As they |
| Clean as You Go | | | | are not capable of doing the big cleaning jobs, assist |
| As parent it is your responsibility to tell your child how | | | | them in cleaning so that they not only learn the |
| to put things or toys away immediately after playing. | | | | importance of cleaning but also cooperating others. |
| This will help your child to become an organized | | | | - Play Beat the-Clock |
| person in the future and he or she would know that | | | | To make tough task easy for your child, try to play |
| where to keep things after playing with them. | | | | Beat the Clock with your children. You can offer |
| Guide them to Clean the Mess | | | | different rewards for beating the time. If your child beat |
| In the start you need to be a guide to your child and | | | | a time you can offer him or her to take out another |
| show him the containers and cans in which they will | | | | toy. |
| keep their toys and other playthings. Teach them how | | | | - Encourage and Praise your Children |
| to keep things in the containers and where to put | | | | Encouragement is a strong tool in teaching your |
| them. | | | | children a good thing. Keep encouraging and praising |
| Be Specific | | | | for every good act to boost or motivate them. |
| You need to be very specific so that your child will | | | | Encouragement can be a verbal reward in the form of |
| understand what he or she exactly needs to do. Like | | | | praising or in form of toy or other plaything. |
| tell them to put the blocks in the box or put the pegs in | | | | Don'ts |
| the bucket etc. | | | | - No Punishment |
| Guide them to Use Adequate Cleaning Supplies | | | | Remember, children learn things gradually and you |
| As child he or she does not know what to use for | | | | have to give them enough time to get familiar with the |
| cleaning the mess. It is your duty to tell them or give | | | | things. Punishing them will demoralize them. Teach |
| them the adequate cleaning supplies like cloth, brush. | | | | them with love the importance of cleanliness. |
| Reinforcement is necessary throughout the teaching | | | | - No Perfection |
| process. | | | | Don't expect perfection from your children. They are |
| Limitations | | | | not mature enough to clean the mess properly. |
| Certain limitations are there to prevent the mega | | | | - Don't expect Children to Dress themselves for a |
| damages. For instance, if you are planning to give your | | | | Mess |
| child to work with finger-paints, markers, clay or | | | | It is always important to provide old clothing to your |
| crayons, confine or limit them to a certain place to play | | | | child before letting him play with messy things for he |
| with such things. Because they don't know that they | | | | never knows the importance of clean clothing. |
| are not required to spoil the sofas, carpets or other | | | | |