Children should be taught organizational skills at an early age because this is an essential life skill.
These habits should be taught to them as early as age 2 and should continue until they’re teenagers.
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#1. Infancy
Your baby nursery should be well-stocked and well-organized. Accessibility and convenience are important elements of baby nurseries.
A baby basket should have all the necessities, such as squeeze toys, plush toys, and rattles.
A portable diaper changing station should be set up in several parts of the house, including the nursery, the common area, and other rooms you deem necessary.
Use removable storage bins to store toys, blocks and other baby things.
A small dresser or armoire should be adjacent to the baby’s changing table. This should be flexible enough to be converted into storage for books or video games later on.
Baby shoes have a tendency to get lost easily in a big closet. Organize baby’s shoes by hanging them on little clips. This way, you won’t have a hard time looking for them.
We could also invest in versatile and inexpensive drawer organizers in order to keep items neat and clean.
Use clothespins to hang baby pants instead of buying pants hangers. This is practical and saves you money.
From “newborn” to “12 months,” closet dividers will make it easier for mom to find the right sizes; this also allows you to use those baby outfits before your little one outgrows them.
Extra linens, swaddle blankets and crib sheets can be stored in roll-out drawers.
#2. Toddlers
Toddlers enjoy being helpful and helping mommy and daddy clean up.
It is best to keep an upbeat attitude, and your toddler will pick up the habit of cleaning up his toys and putting things back in their proper place.
Use low bookshelves within easy reach of your toddler’s hands to make books they love more accessible to them.
Closet doors have a tendency to pinch little fingers.
Why not try installing a fun curtain that can be pulled back to provide access to favorite toys and books? Then the curtain can be drawn to conceal the clutter.
If you have toddlers who are climbers, it is a good idea to keep bins and toys storage baskets on the floor.
This means that kids can always reach their toys and clean up on their own too.
It is amazing how easily we accumulate toys on a monthly basis.
Purging the toys every two to three months and donating them to charity is a great idea to get rid of the clutter and to help other children in need.
Use an organizational method a child can understand well: use a color-coding scheme in keeping your children’s toys.
Make cleaning up a fun game. Get an egg timer and tell your child you want to see how many toys he or she can clean up.
Think of other fun clean-up games so your toddler will associate cleaning up with being a fun activity.
You can keep storage under the bed. Provide plastic boxes or vintage-inspired crates your children can easily tuck under their beds.
Those tiny little toys that toddlers just love can cause a lot of clutter.
The solution is to provide clear bins with fun picture labels so your little one knows where to pack them away.
Have a small open bin at the bottom of your toddler’s closet where you can toss clothes they have outgrown.
Children grow up so fast when they’re in this age, and clothes that don’t fit them anymore can add to the closet clutter.
If you don’t have much space in your home, opt for storage benches.
This dual-purpose furniture is an ideal storage area for more toys or arts and crafts supplies.
#3. Preschool
Now that your child is in preschool, they are learning different skills and starting to become more independent.
This is a great time to teach them the responsibility of cleaning up their own mess.
Children in the preschool level are also very creative, and they thrive on being able to accomplish the little things you tell them to do.
Hang a second, lower clothes rod so children are able to reach their own clothes and hang them up.
Place hooks at the back of their bedroom door, making sure they are at a convenient height so kids can hang their own backpacks and jackets.
Establish specific zones or areas in your child’s bedroom or playroom.
Preschoolers are beginning to understand there are certain places for certain activities. Set up their play area or bedroom to reflect this.
For instance, art projects and writing work can only be done at the corner table,
reading books should take place on the bed or by a small cozy corner,
and playing with blocks can take place on the mat.
Get really creative with storage space. Since children at this age love to collect a lot of things, they need plenty of space.
Have cleverly concealed storage spaces in your child’s room. This will make cleaning up fun, too.
Use a hanging closet organizer and label it with the days of the week.
Have your child decide what clothes to wear for that particular day and have them place it on the corresponding day.
This makes getting ready in the morning easier and a lot less hectic.
Kids should be surrounded by books at an early age.
In order to organize picture books that are appropriate for preschool-aged children, mount wooden spice racks on the wall to serve as bookshelves.
Preschool-aged children love their Legos! However, Legos tend to clutter up a child’s bedroom or playroom.
Teach your child to pack away Legos in clear plastic bins that are color-coded.
Celebrate your child’s creativity by putting up an art wall! Reserve some space for your child to be proud of his or her own drawing or paintings.
Mount colorful wooden clothespins on the wall for artwork to be clipped and displayed.
Storing stuffed animals can be challenging. You can use swing shelves, stuffed animal chairs, wall-mounted buckets or baskets to store stuffed animals.
Organize your child’s closet by adding cup hooks and little plastic crates as extra storage.
The plastic crates can store underwear, mittens, socks, and swimsuits.
#4. School-Age Children
When your children start to go to elementary school, you can give them more responsibility and make them accountable for their possessions.
Teach your kids organizational life skills. Teach your children to file their own homework papers and graded tests.
You can provide a small filing cabinet in their room. Guide them in deciding what items they think are important enough to keep.
Allow your children to establish their own routines. Your children should follow a schedule: a time to play, clean up, watch TV, do homework, etc.
Create a cozy, cheerful study corner with floating shelves and storage bins for your kids’ papers, schoolwork, and art supplies.
If your children are sharing desk space, provide them with a stack-and-fit desk organizer that fits all their school supplies.
The kids’ closet should be very organized as well. Their clothes should be arranged by types of clothing. Shoes should be placed neatly on racks.
Have a short message board for your children to remind them of their routines. You can write a reminder such as “Make the bed and tidy the room.”
Your child is now old enough to decide what to keep and what not to keep.
Give your child a chance to decide which items will be kept and which will be given as hand-me-downs or donated to charity.
Now that your child is growing up, it is time to replace some “kiddie” and “baby” stuff to reflect new interests and brand-new pursuits.
For instance, toy chests should be replaced by shelving to hold collectible figures and video game consoles.
Older kids don’t need dresser labels anymore, but they do need help deciding how best to group clothing items in the dresser drawers.
During laundry day, give your child the task of putting his clean clothes into the proper drawers.
Make it easy for your kids to grab what they need every day of the week by adding hooks and a small space for them to lay out what they need every morning.
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