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Fun Ways to Engage Children with Cleaning Chores

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What is the first thing that comes to your mind, when I say “Chores”? Probably your first thought is “Oh dear God, make it stop!” Of course, there’s the slight possibility you’re absolutely thrilled by the idea  of scrubbing and polishing surfaces for hours on end, but we’ll put our money on the former. However, for the sake of being responsible adults, let’s think about your child for a second. If you have this attitude towards house chores and cleaning, this will most likely project on our offspring as well. Which is not a good idea in the long run. I think it’s safe to say we’ve come to the conclusion that in order to make your cleaning process easier, you should involve as much people in it as possible. This will also introduce your children to the concept that if done right, cleaning can be an exciting and even educational activity.

Put a Beat to It

Everything is better with some music in it. Everybody knows it, it’s a fact. Then why not make your cleaning activities a notch easier with a little song time – to the tune of their favorite song, come up with your own version including your kids’ names.  For example, start with If You’re Happy and You Know It’s first lines and continue with “If your name is [insert kid’s name here], please pick up.” The sweetest sound to a person is hearing their own name, regardless of their age. By coming up with this song, you will make them feel personally engaged in the cleaning process and they’ll realize you won’t take no for an answer.

Mix and Match

If your kids are not the most organized people in the world and could definitely benefit from some cleaning motivation, you’ll find our next advice very helpful. Assign them the task to tidy up their sibling’s room for a change. By doing this you’ll freshen up the  whole process. They’ll become the outside observer assessing the situation from a different perspective. It will be much easier and faster to locate what’s wrong with the bigger picture this way, than if they were to clean their own rooms. Just like with ever other chore, routine and repetitiveness makes things tedious, but this whole new point of view will shake things up.

Pick a Chore

On little pieces of paper write what cleaning tasks need to be done and place them in a big bowl. Play the pick one game and let each kid do the task written on their piece of paper. This won’t make them feel as if you’re dominating them, but rather it’s their own luck which has led them to this cleaning activity.

Musical Cleaning Chairs

You can spice up the cleaning activities by adding a timer to the game. Set it to 5 minutes and tell your kids the should be done with their designated task before the time is up and they’ll receive a reward. The competitiveness of this game will neutralize the chore factor. Set realistic goals to them and assign them tasks they’ll be able to finish under five minutes. Just like in the game Musical chairs, once the song is over they should freeze. In our case, once the time is over the freeze and you come in to inspect the job done. The reward can be 10 more minutes of play time or watching cartoons, something sweet, or whatever works best for your kids. The key is to make clear the reward comes after the task is completed, it’s something you deserve with your good behavior.

WHAT FUN WAYS HAVE YOU FOUND TO HELP ENGAGE YOUR CHILD IN DOING CHORES? WHAT CHORES DO YOUR KIDS DO AND WHAT AGE ARE THEY?

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  6. We have toys in my library so when it’s time to clean up I make it a race. Whoever can beat Miss Rachee cleaning up can get a sticker! Stickers are always a hit.

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