Thank you Diane. We have a number of this type of bin already, and that is where I am going to start. The large bins will stay on the floor, but I want to put a lot of them up so that the kind of rules you have are easier to enforce. If they need my help to pull out a new one, it is easy to say, "Not yet, there are still lego all over" or whatever. I have one big one with wheels and it has all the duplo lego in it. I have one with hot wheels, one with building blocks, one that has fisher price people and farm and animals, etc. I mainly have to clean off the shelves for all this to go. Anyway that is where I am off to now. It is nearly 2:30 and I would like to spend no more than 2 hours down there today. Off I go. Kris
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyway, those bins helped me teach my kids how to > pick up after themselves. > The rule was that one bin had to be picked up before > another could be dumped > out. That way items don't get mixed together and > even a 2 year old can manage > to pick up with a little help & supervision. You can > make a game of it with > them and picking up will not be an overwhelming > chore. > > It can be a problem with guest children who come in > and try to dump > everything out... My kids quickly learned to tell > friends that they had to > help pick up whatever they took out, and if > necessary I would go in and help > them sort and pick up. Any kid who came to my house > twice knew the drill and > it was never a problem. Interestingly, the friends > never seem to mind - > everyone wants to come home with me. We have rules, > but they know what to > expect and so they don't object. > > It also keeps your shelves (and house) looking neat > to have stackable boxes > lined up instead of stacks of coloring books sliding > around and crayons > rolling off the shelves. And if the boxes are > marked, you can always find > what you're looking for. I've found that this method > can be adapted to almost > any kind of small toy or collection. > > My kids are 10 & 15 now, so the toys have changed. > Now some bins contain > comic books or magazines. The outgrown toys and > books that they want to keep > are still stored in these boxes in their closets. > > I'll be glad to help you figure out a system if you > decide to use this. As > you can see, it is something I really believe in... > > Diane > > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > Journey from clutter List Website > http://journeyfromclutter.com > Members Only Page > > http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm > > Unsubscribe: email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed > from the main list. > > To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list > send the unsubscribe message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ File your taxes online! http://taxes.yahoo.ca *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
