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Clean Up
Its never to easily to have the children clean up! My children through away their napkins and put their cups on counter after snack. I might have to help the younger kitty’s but once they start to sho it it becomes second nature for them. Shows them responsibility! They do their cleanup then I follow behind them and clean the table with cleaner. Then we are of too the next activity!!
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I give a 5 minute warning before cleanup with a red timer. I remind children at the beep we will all be cleaning up. At the time of the beep I sing the cleanup song and clean along side the children and continue to remind any other children watching we all clean up together. I sometime add a toy to a child watching and ask politely if they could find the home for the toy. Cleanup is a smooth activity for my daycare.
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Igive a5 minute warning that it’s almost time to clamp so the children are abruptly interrupted and in having to stop playing. Sometimes when I give the 5 minute warning, one or two might start to pickup. When it’s time to pickup I hand the little ones a toy and ask them to put away. Then we are finished and off to the next activity!
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My kiddos are great for cleaning up. I prompt them and the clean. If i get a new kid who doesn’t it can take several prompts and day but eventually they fall in line and follow what the other kids are doing. Sometimes I also put on music for some clean up excitement.
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I find giving children certain task (s) during clean up helps my children. For example, John, you pick up all the red blocks and Sam you get all the green ones. Or let’s all pick up 5 trains each and we will have it all cleaned up.
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Absolutely! Teaching kids to clean up after themselves is a game-changer. Starting young helps them develop a sense of responsibility and independence. Sure, it might take a little extra effort at first, especially with the younger ones, but once they get the hang of it, it becomes second nature. Plus, it sets a great example for them to follow as they grow. And hey, teamwork makes the dream work, right?
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I also have had a hard time with clean up. My Children are younger than the ones i had prior, they are all barely 3. Is this why I am having such a hard time or is there something I am doing wrong? All of the bins and places are labeled with pictures, I give them a 10 Minute warning before clean up is to begin. I have even tried the clean up song. Any help can be benneficial!
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As a toddler teacher cleaning up is always a struggle. I have found that using a clean-up song helps get the children engaged and having fun while completing the task. Cleaning up their toys is a way to teach the children responsibility at a young age and I believe that it is important for the development of the children as they grow older.
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I teach 3-4 year olds, so the understanding for cleaning up is there a little bit when they come to our classroom – sometimes we have resistance, but the foundation is there. At the beginning of the school year, we set the expectation that everyone will help take care of our materials by treating them kindly, and cleaning up after themselves. We have a green/yellow/red light timer, friends know that when the light is green, they’re free to play, when the light turns yellow, they have 2 minutes until clean up, and then when the light turns red, it’s time to clean up. Once the red light goes off on the timer, we play a clean-up song while friends clean up their space they were playing in. This has been the same routine for the whole school year – when friends hear the ding for the 2-minute yellow timer, we hear them shout, “two minutes until clean up!” We do have resistance occasionally, and we work through that as it comes up. But for the most part, having the expectations and routine stay the same consistently has mitigated most resistance.
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Ive had a hard time getting my babies to clean up which i feel as if it may be the age because me and the other teacher im in the class with have tried a bunch of things that have not yet seemeed to work.
