Housework: Clean Up Around Children or Get Them To "Help"?
I have two preschoolers and I'm yet to find the most efficient way of doing housework. Trying to find them things to do while I vacuum/mop takes more to-ing and fro-ing than the actual vacuuming/mopping :) which is frustrating. If I had a playroom with a TV in it maybe that would work but we have huge big open plan kitchen/dining/living room with one TV.
Today, I've got them helping a bit. Which also takes a long, long time. DD2 is sweeping up bits and bobs on her craft table but wants me to sit with her. I've picked up stuff off the floor and DD1 has done some vacuuming and is about to do some mopping.
I know to do this properly will probably take the next two hours but it feels good that we're all "in it together". Plus, obviously it's good for them to learn that they should help.
What works for you?
Housework: Clean Up Around Children or Get Them To "Help"?
Send the kids outside with a squirty bottle of water and sponge to "clean" the garden. ;)
Housework: Clean Up Around Children or Get Them To "Help"?
Put music on as you do it. My girls dust and clean windows and coffee table ( to the best of their ability). We sing and dance as we go. I usually get them to put their folded clothes away. I sometimes wonder if I am doing the right thing by getting them to do housework though. I don't remember doing any at their age.