getting toys out to play

Re: getting toys out to play

• kcisthebombdotcom member

  November 2013 edited November 2013

  A little of both. In the kids toy boxes there are plenty of things for them to play with. When we started speech therapy with the kids one of the first things they suggest to encourage language is to put preferred things out of reach so they have to verbally request and to improve attention span make them finish an activity with hand over hand if they refuse and make them help clean up when the activity is over. Now that both kids are verbal we still keep preferred toys that have lots of pieces like puzzles, blocks, games, toy cash register that has a million pieces, etc out of reach and make them clean up those particular toys when they're done. With the bigger toys they can play with them how they wish but part of their bedtime routine is putting things in their toy box.

  

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• jensriot member

  November 2013

  What @Sing4mysavior said.

  

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• lyingliarlies member

  November 2013

  to echo some others, i have him put away puzzles, his doctor kit, blocks w/ wagon, train w/ stacking blocks & beads, etc. otherwise he can take out as much as he wants. we clean up before we leave the house & before dinner.
  
  i know a mom who's very particular about orderliness & she taught her daughter from a very young age to put back each toy before she started playing with another. it works for them, even if it's not what i'd do.
  

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• notkateanymore member

  November 2013

  DD has had phases where she would take out everything and clean {or not clean!} up at the end and then we've also done the clean up right after you move on. The second option works way better for us {me!}

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• LatteLady5 member

  November 2013

  Same as PP's. It just depends on the toy. We have a bunch of toys in bins on a shelf in the living room and those or blocks or books can all be dragged out and she helps clean when we're done. Markers, play dough, crayons etc. are only allowed at the highchair or table and they go put away when she's finished. Chalk stays at the chalk board table (we're still working on this) and honestly while she "helps" clean I still pick up most stuff when she's napping or after she's gone to bed. Except last night when we just left he cushions off the couch and blocks all over the place because I was too tired to deal haha.
  

  
  

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• pitterpatter129 member

  November 2013

  I let them drag out whatever they want, but I have all the really messy items (most the puzzles, sorting toys, things with a million pieces, art supplies) put away in the closet (which is baby locked.)  So, the things they are dragging out aren't so messy it will take hours to clean up. I also recently enacted a "no toys stored in the living room anymore" policy.  At the end of the day or whenever I just get fed up with it, they all go back to their proper storage places in their rooms.  We did have a big toy container in the living room, but it seemed like it was just dumped daily.  At least this way it takes longer for the mess to migrate to my living room.  I vacuum daily, so I just announce the vacuum will be coming for anything not picked up in ten minutes and that usually gets DS1's feet moving quickly.

   

   

  

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• SallyAnneS member

  November 2013

  Okay we do the same thing as everyone else. Messy toys (arts and crafts) are out away unless we are using them but pretty much everything else is a free for all. We clean up when the mess starts to bug me or get in the way of playing. And every night.

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