Organizing with Your Kids

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You should love this idea as you organize your school stuff for an upcoming year.

Kids play. Make organizing fun for kids by turning their chores into games. Set a timer for 10 minutes and have your kids put all of their toys away before the timer sounds.
Give out small rewards, like stickers, based on the amount of toys they've managed to put away before the timer went off. Another game is 'Organizing Statues.' Put some music on as everyone is cleaning up, but put somebody in charge of turning the music on and off, unexpectedly, at intervals throughout the cleaning session. When the music stops, everyone has to freeze, like a statue, in a funny position-- like with one arm out and one foot in the air. As each person moves, they are eliminated. The last person to stand without moving, wins. Then, put the music on again and start over until the project is done.
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My kids are older, but they sure enjoy music as they clean. I need to finish sorting through all my homeschool curriculum since we moved.

Happy Cleaning,
Kerry