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How to Teach Your Kids to Help with Chores

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Channel: Howcast · 2010 · Howto & Style

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Are you constantly picking up your kids' clothes and toys? Follow these simple steps to teach them to lend a hand.Are you constantly picking up your kids' clothes and toys? Follow these simple steps to teach them to lend a hand.

Step 1: Create a clean-up song
Make up a catchy clean-up song with the kids. When it is time to clean-up, initiate it by singing your song.

Step 2: Clean together
Make cleaning a joint effort and praise your children for their hard work.

Tip
Be specific with cleaning instructions and follow through.

Step 3: Reward your helpers
Offer a trip to the park or an allowance to provide an incentive for hard work.

Tip
Makes chores fun, never a punishment.

Step 4: Make a chore board
Make a chore board to let kids keep track of chores accomplished. Let them decorate the chore board with stickers or their own drawings.

Step 5: Make it a game
Make cleaning a game by seeing who can clean the fastest, the quietest, or while dancing.

Step 6: Make it routine
Be consistent and firm. Cleaning will become a part of daily life, not a chore.

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Did you know? In the United States, the average six-room home collects 40 pounds of dust per year.

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