Teach Children to Clean
What can parents do to create peace on the home front? Try these strategies to chill the chore wars.
- Excerpted from Houseworks, by Cynthia Townley Ewer
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Chores for Children
Who says kids can’t do chores? Check this listing of age-appropriate chores to help children learn responsibility and habits of order:
2- to 3-year-olds can:
-Pick up toys
-Help make beds
-Help feed pets
-Dust lower shelves and furniture legs
-Place spoons, napkins, and unbreakable dishes on the table
-Carry dirty clothing to the laundry area
-Sweep floors with a lightweight electrostatic dry mop
For 4- to 5-year-olds, add these chores to the list above:
-Make beds (if using comforters)
-Set the table
-Dust table tops
-Unload and put away groceries
Excerpted from Houseworks, by Cynthia Townley Ewer
Text Copyright © 2006, 2010, Cynthia Townley Ewer, extracts from Houseworks, reproduced with permission from Dorling Kindersley Limited
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