After the Christmas excesses, it’s time to put order at home. In addition to remove christmas decorations, one of the most important aspects that we face each January is a make room for new toys that Santa Claus and his Majesties have brought the children from the house who, as always, have behaved very well (judging by their voluminous gifts).
The new toys are added to the ones they already have, so now it’s time to put the toys in order to have them well organized and avoid that they end up piling up without control, and above all, without the children knowing what they have.
For this task it is best to take advantage of some afternoons to organize toys, books and games with your children, so that they are involved in the process and learn order habits that help them be autonomous. Because order must be seen as a habit and not as a burden, and to be ordered is also learned. This is one of the best things Marie Kondo teaches on her show, which involves the whole family in the tasks, regardless of the age of the little ones.
From Ikea they give us four simple tips for us to get order in toys in a practical way saving all the space and time possible.
Keep only what is worth it to gain space
To start you have to get a little radical (like Marie Kondo) and it’s time to be patient and take out all the toys. From here we will do three piles with the knowledge and consensus of the children.
The first group would be for broken or incomplete old toys to be disposed of / recycled where appropriate.
The second group will be formed by those toys in good condition to those who can be given a second life but that your children no longer want or have become “small”. In this case The donation Is the best solution. On the one hand you will gain space at home and on the other the children will learn to share and differentiate what they do not need. If you are looking to donate toys in your city, you will surely find several places to take them, so that they can make other children happy.
The third group will form it the new toys and those that will stay at home. Among these, the children will surely “recover” a doll game that they did not remember and that will now be one of their favorites.
Reserve your own place for toys
Once we have selected everything to keep, the next step is to prepare a special area for all those toys.
For this you must always take into account children’s accessibility to these save areas and that these are near the play area.
The modular shelves with boxes adapted to help children organize their toys by compartments through name labels.
Even if instead of the name we use a sticker with the drawing of what they have to keep in that box, it will be much easier for them to know what is going on in that space and they will put everything back in its place without being accompanied.
Using the right furniture and accessories
One time objects classified by size, type of game or frequency of useIt is time to get down to work and put them in order.
But, for this, we must have solutions that facilitate this task, both for adults and children.
In this sense, there are really useful storage accessories like baskets, boxes or bed drawers, with which we will get an extra space in which to put all those new objects that land these days in the room.
It is also advisable use shelves and shelves so that toys and books are neat and visible, what you will easily achieve with Ikea’s Flisat racks, one of the Ikeahacks, more frequent from Ikea. With this, not only is extra storage available, but also the little ones will be able to display their “treasures” and creations decorating their room in a personal and fun way.
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Another practical and fun solution is to order the costumes by placing them on a donkey so that they have them at hand and remember them.
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Take advantage to teach the little ones of the house the importance of order
We can take advantage of these moments so that children internalize the importance of order and organization, turning the activity into something positive that teaches them to value their toys, to take care of them and to keep them tidy.
According to the Ikea study “Order and time” on the behavior of Spaniards regarding order at home and the time we spend searching for objects at home, we waste about 5,000 hours of our lives looking for things at home, so it is important to instill habits of order from childhood, so that children learn to collect their things once they have finished playing with them, creating not only a good habit, but also taking responsibility for your objects.
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