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no matter how many times I stand there and make the kids clean up their mess, they still feel the need to dump the stuff out. The worst is these 2 kids, one is 3 and one is 5. I know the 3 yr old dumps things out at home and they let him do it and the 5 yr old (I have other issues with him) just doesn't clean up, he just stands there or he blames the other kids for making a mess. Right now the room again is trashed, (I have 2 dedicated daycare rooms) its like I clean up one and they make a mess in the other. These kids are old enough that they know that they need to clean up. Do others have problems with cleaning up. oh the best is that when i start raising my voice the 5 yr old just keeps saying "k is mad, k is mad" I wouldn't be mad if he would clean up
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We don't cleanup until they are done playing. Of course, they are expected to put things away when they are finished (for the most part) Things like puzzles, markers, etc. cannot be left out, but bigger stuff like blocks, etc. can be.
As far as dumping goes, when I have a child in that stage of dumping, I provide a wide variety of sensory activities in which they can pour and fill. I'd say 5 years old is a bit old for this "stage" but the three year old just needs to be redirected to dumping something that is OKAY to dump. -
We do cleanup after each playtime (2-3 free playtimes per day). I have an older crew (right now all of them are 3-4); and all of them understand not to dump. All of my toy bins are clear, so they look for their toy from the inside and dig for it. If they have to take other toys out to get to it, they generally will put it back.
I do not do any of the cleaning up. They do it all. And they understand that if they make a big mess during playtime, this means that cleanup will not be too much fun! I know if I had littles, things would be different!
I like the PP idea of providing lots of sensory activities with pouring and filling. I think if I had a problem with a "dumper", this is all they would be allowed to play with until they learned not to dump the toys.Comment
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Yep I deal with this with my own 2 sons, 3 and 5 yrs old.
Little one sits there and doesn't clean up. Older one used to but not anymore, be super quiet and works his way into a corner, bathroom or bedroom and "hide" while others cleaned up.
They are much better now, but I just keep remind them, if they only took out 1 toy, they wouldn't be cleaning it all up.Comment
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I give each child a specific kind of toy to pick up. We call the bins the buses and the buses go to each bus stop to pick up their toys!! Cars, littlpe people, ponies, etc...Comment
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That's a cute idea!
I limit the number of toys they can play with at one time. Usually 2 toys at once is the limit. If things get out of control, I have the kids sit on the couch, I gather all the toys into a pile on the floor, and then tell each child which toy they need to put away. It saves me from being crabby and having to raise my voice. I also try to remind them to put toys away before getting out a new toy.Comment
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We have a TON of legoes and with 20 kids there are times where my coworker and I tell the kids you can pick 5 and you know what less mess and less noise and clean up is a breeze goes by a lot quicker. Also we have let them know that there is NO DUMPING allowed. With the lego big and deep and on wheels and I can't even dumb that LOL. AMAZING how they can create with such a little amount. Some will pair up and make bigger things. I also have them play on a big rug. When they play with blocks or building things.
So designate a certain spot and limit the amt available to them. I also stress that they keep all toys in their locations/centers. This helps as well. We review rules of clean up when we have a wild day LOL.Comment
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Similar to what I do. To many toys and it is too overwhelming for them. They have to be taught to clean up. Dcb that I have it took me 3 days to train him. He would absolutely refuse to pick up. He would just stand there with his arms crossed defiantly. I would get the others to pick up their share of the toys and save some for him. Then I would say ***x so and so picked up the blocks and now it is your turn. He would stand there and refuse. So that day I put him in a chair and started the other children on an activity that I knew he liked.
That day it was painting. He loves to paint. I would then tell him. Would you like to paint too? He would nod. I would take him out of the chair and say okay cleanup and we can paint. He would stand there. So back in the chair. I would go over and express such an interest in what the others were doing. Wow how nice Ted! What a beautiful picture Sara! Then go back to him and say would you like to paint? He would nod so back out of the chair and again I would say okay clean up and we can paint. I did this over and over again until he cleaned up. Then I told him what a good boy he was and that he could paint.
The second day it was playdoh we were playing with. Each child had their own area at the table while I was preparing lunch. When lunch was ready I said okay everyone cleanup. Each child put their playdoh into their playdoh container and I walked around with the bin to collect the playdoh toys and each child put the toys and their container of playdoh in the bin. He refused to put the playdoh in his container or pick up the toys. I said okay you need to clean up before you have lunch.
I washed the childrens hands wiped the table and began to give them their plates of food. I said *** would you like lunch, he nodded. I told him you need to clean up the playdoh. I went over and held his container to put the playdoh in, he shoved it away in front of him. I said okay then you can't have lunch until you clean up.
It took several times for me to go back and do this over and over and over. The other children had finished had their snacks and were put down for their naps before he finally would pick up. But he did! It took about 1/2 hour to 45 minutes.
Now all I say everyday is time to clean up and he does it no problem.Comment
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so the ones that didn't pick up got to sit in chairs and watch the other children clean up. So it was snack time so I put the snack out, BUT the children who cleaned up got a special treat. Boy where those 2 dck's mad, but I said that if you didn't clean up not only do you get to sit in the chair but you don't get a special treat. (they are 3 and almost 3 so they do understand) so when we had to clean up for lunch, well low and behold everyone cleaned up. I'm sticking to my guns. It was so nice not to clean up. I hate being the bad guy, but i'm appalled at how many don't clean their mess.
this is another thing, the kids here clean up after themselves when it comes to meals so I have now had parents telling me how their kids clean up at home after meals, they ask how did I make them do it here.Comment
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