Monday, March 2, 2015

Tips for Teaching Children How To Clean Up

Teacher's at the Nursery in Dubai may find themselves cleaning toys several times a day. This is not a syndrome or OCD, but the reality is, it's important to keep a tidy room, if not for any other obvious reason, as the room cluttered with toys is a potential safety hazard as well. It can be overwhelming to have tons of toys around. Therefore, measures should be taken to teach the children at the preschool in Dubai how to clean up after themselves, by teachers as well as parents.
Give the child, a good example - The most effective method of teaching children do something is to lead by your own example. Before starting to involve a child in the process, you should focus on giving them a good example. If they never saw you cleaning they are not familiar with the idea. Be consistent with cleaning in their presence. It's easy to make children get used to the tidiness and all of the cleaning process even if it seems they don’t understand, they will catch on eventually.
Start  as soon as possible - You may wonder how young you should start. If the child is able to make such a mess, they are able to place it back where it belongs. It does not mean that they are ready to take on the job of spring cleaning their Dubai Nursery Schools, but train them to put the block sets back into the box. The child may even find these tasks and chores interesting as well.
Make it all about fun - Children, especially preschoolers are stubborn by nature. Therefore, they should not consider cleaning  to be some sort of rule or command. Make sure it is funny and interesting. The teachers at the  Nursery in Umm Suqeim sing songs while helping the children to put their toys back in place or make a game out of it and see who can clean up the fastest and offer a reward. Also, try associating cleaning up with a story, for instance the toy cars need to go back into their garage after a fun filled day or the dolls are tired and should go to sleep.
Make it a team effort - Small children are not able to clean up on their own, especially if they are still trying to teach them to clean up. So make sure to involve all the children and participate along with them so they can follow your actions and take it a funny team activity. Also a use tip for parents is that children love to participate in whatever their 'mum' and 'dad' does at home, so use it to your advantage while teaching them to clean.
Break up the tasks into sequences - Since children have a short attention span and cannot focus on one thing for a long time. They will find cleaning funny, but only for a while and thereafter it becomes frustrating. Take the cue and leave the current task and focus on something else. Encourage the child to clean later, and make it funny again.

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