Teaching Kids to CleanYou may think that being a father and one of the owners of a professional home cleaning services that my little ones would be naturally-born cleaners. Alas, it’s not true. However, since I am so involved in making sure a home is clean and tidy it made some sense for me to do a bit of teaching – teaching my children to help with the cleaning of our home.
Here was my approach.
Dishwashing TipsTo have a clean and tidy kitchen – a place where most people spend a great deal of time – it is essential to clean your dishes, pots, and pans.
Most of us do not like this chore. However, there’s really no way around dishwashing – after all, we must eat. Moreover, if you love to cook, as I do, then cleaning up is part of the cooking.
Here are some dishwashing cleaning tips to help you make this task run a lot smoother, and maybe even a little faster.
Cleaning A Messy HouseWe are motivated to achieve a task when we understand it well and can see how to accomplish it and that it is achievable.
How do we apply this to cleaning our house?
Oops . . . I Just Decluttered My Bathroom . . . by Accident!Decluttering your home is probably the single biggest thing you can do to have an impact on creating a tidy and organized home environment.
However, most people struggle with decluttering.
Realizing You Need Some House Cleaning HelpHaving a clean and tidy home is important. A clean home helps you. A dirty and untidy home can work against you. Here are some reasons to look for help when it comes to home cleaning. Don’t underestimate that last reason – it may be the best reason of all!
How Much Clutter Can You Handle?Some people call it clutter, others may refer to it as stuff and technically it is everything that you think you need but really don’t need.
Here is my perspective on clutter – it is not necessarily how to organize your stuff, but, rather, figuring out how much stuff you can personally handle or need. The amount of stuff is different for everyone and may even change over the course of a person’s life.
However, habits are habits and to take a hard look at all the stuff in your life/home is an important step to putting your house in order.
Bathroom Cleaning Checklist(for the Kids – but it works for adults too!)
Sometimes you can get quite a bit done and have it done properly if you work from a list. The list idea can be presented to your children whether boys or girls (it does actually work for boys). The list can help you to get more done as you bring in the support of others. It also helps you to have it done properly as the checklist is a step-by-step approach that ensures things are done in the proper way.
What am I referring to? What is the magical list that helps you to get more done and done properly? Why of course it is the bathroom cleaning checklist.
This is a printable (see below), focused list that is a detailed “how to” clean the bathroom – the bathrooms of your house. It is wonderful for children as it can teach them about a process and how getting things done sometimes means doing things in order. It helps them to learn how to follow instructions.
You will not forget something if it is on the cleaning list.
When children are ready to help cleaning the bathrooms they have already encountered some level of school and they have been in settings where they have had to listen and then follow instructions. This ability to pay attention, focus and then follow instructions is an important lesson to learn.
To get help from your young humans with tasks which contribute to a cleaner more organized home is valuable. Show them how to learn and follow a process and help them to develop into fine adults and get a clean bathroom too!
