Order is taught and the most effective way to do it is by transmitting to the little ones the tranquility that one feels when things are in their place. Let’s start by making it clear that it is very healthy to mess up by playing and experimenting . In fact, it is necessary to stir, mix and try different ways of using and placing toys and personal belongings.
Do not limit the child’s imagination and initiative in this regard as it is the most natural way to be creative. Only by using all his toys without a pre-established order will he be able to combine dolls and games in a different way than usual and thus develop his inventiveness: stuffed animals going to buy cars at the doll shop, which is made of lego blocks, could be a scene real in your children’s room if they have the freedom to combine both their things and their ideas. That freedom is a guarantee that your cognitive, emotional and social development is going from strength to strength.
So far everything is perfect, but at the end of the game comes the second part and is to put everything in its place. Relax, it is not difficult. We will be able to introduce order in the children’s room through some simple dynamics .
The organization gives serenity and that is the best starting point to start a new adventure each day. If we can get our children to think like this, we have the path almost done.
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Routines to put into practice
The secret to getting them organized is to make order a game in itself. For example, spending one afternoon a week sorting toys . We can help them, of course, but you have to let them decide the place of everything. Box-type containers are very useful in this task. It will be fun to start separating the toys mixed with the rush of day to day and for him it will become a fun game, almost a hobby to solve: put small dolls on one side, cars on another, beyond animals, stuffed animals and everything. That they believe that it can be separated into “families” to organize every junk that we come across.
Another routine that will help you become more mentally organized is doing puzzles . It’s a great game to develop fine motor skills , concentration, dexterity, imagination and what interests us the most here: the ability to arrange the pieces. Unconsciously you will get used to “putting order out of disorder”
So let’s surround our little ones with puzzles that challenge them and we will see a change in their attitude. Finally, it will be very helpful for you to help at home with everything related to the classification of objects in the most daily tasks : separate the clean clothes of each member of the family to put them away or the dirty ones in white and colored clothes, order the purchase in the pantry, sorting the garbage for recycling, organizing the cabinets (including yours) … everything we can think of that will help you to help with the housework and also serve as a “game” to learn to be orderly.
You will love being responsible for these tasks and you will feel “older” doing them. Children feel encouraged and valued when they see that we trust them and treat them like “big kids.”
You will be surprised how these ideas awaken your desire to “have everything in its place” and transfer them to your most personal things. You will tell us!
I love to know a lot about this because they play, have fun and learn to be orderly