Organize Your Child's Bedroom

The trick to organizing any child's bedroom is to make that everything that they want to use, on their own, is accessible to their height. This will help with clean up too because remember children can not put their things away if they can't reach them!

Organize Your Child's Bedroom

It is essential that a child learns the importance of honoring and taking care of their belongings and their dwelling. This is a trait that if learned correctly will be carried with them throughout their life. Like any other skill you want your child to learn you must teach by example. Get down to their level, spell it out, SHOW them how they can organize their room and then give them suggestions to keep it that way.

This week's goal is to organize your child's bedroom by clearing out the clutter that they no longer wear or play with and then organizing what's left into a system that will work for them.

• Sort through your child's room and set up four piles:

1. Toss (anything that is broken, missing pieces or just plain not usable)


2. Sell or Donate (whether you are donating to a friend or selling at a consignment sale)


3. Put back (items that belong somewhere else in the home)


4. Keep (if you haven't done this in awhile you may want to split this pile into two parts: keep in this room or keep for a younger sibling which means it should be stored somewhere else)

• After you have removed all piles except for the "Keep" pile decide on a home for everything that is left. Organize according to categories and label when necessary.
• Set up a file system for your child to store things such as stickers, artwork, birthday cards and colored paper.
• Limit how long your child can leave a toy away from its "home" without playing with it. Set up consequences for breaking this rule.

Tips:

* Use a point system as an incentive for keeping the room clean. Just be sure you reward your child with actions and activities instead of toys and other objects that will clutter up the room.

* Use shelves whenever possible for storing toys and books. Shelves make these items very accessible for kids. But make sure they are securely anchored to the wall for any little monkeys who like to climb.

Question of the Week: How do you get your child to pick up their toys when they are done playing with them?

Labels: Organize Now Challenge

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