A taste for order is something that we can instill in children from an early age. Some children are already born with that quality of picking up things but if this is not the case in your children, know that can be worked to create a habit. If you are tired of your children leaving everything without picking up and leaving the room like a mess, don't miss this post.
The benefits of order
Being a computer not only allows you to live in a place where chaos does not rule. Order brings many benefits for children:
- It gives them tools to cope with adult life.
- Improve coexistence.
- It makes them responsible for their things.
- They become more independent and autonomous.
- They will be more orderly in your life and in your mind.
The order itself is not a very satisfactory task at first, so we must explain all the advantages that order brings in homes, how to be able to find things well, make things last longer, avoid trips and falls, ...
In order to get this habit to be established in the smallest of the house, we must follow a series of tips to achieve it and also avoid another series of behaviors that parents usually do and turn against us. Let's see what are the tips to teach a taste for order to children.
How to teach a taste for order to children
- Give example. There is nothing more powerful and inspiring. If your things are in order, they are sending you an image of how things should be done.
- Don't pick up her things. Unless they are very small of course. As they grow we can help them pick up their toys but not do it for them. Otherwise they will get used to it always being this way and they will not be able to learn the habit of order.
- Give him responsibilities according to his age. Depending on the age and abilities of the child, we will have to assign them housework so that they can collaborate at home. In the article "How to teach your children to collaborate at home" We give you some tips to do it according to the age of the child. You can create a table where it looks good with the tasks assigned for each member of the family.
- Put things at your level. In order for them to be organized, it is necessary that the places where your books, toys, dolls ... are kept at their height. Explain where everything goes and why, he / she may prefer to do it differently. But once the site is assigned for each thing, it should not be changed. At first it will take time, you have to be patient. We can help you by putting a photo or sticker on the different furniture to know where everything goes. Over time they will do it faster.
- If you use something that will put it back in place. Encourage him to put things back after use. Over time it will do so automatically.
- Use your imagination. Children love to play to learn, you can invent games like seeing who picks up toys faster, sorting by shapes or colors, playing music ...
- Give simple and direct orders. Instead of saying "tidy your room" which is a broad order, be more specific. tell him "Put your stories on the shelf", "keep your dolls in the drawer". It will be easier for you to assimilate the information.
- Tales. Telling stories where the protagonists benefit from order, after having been very disorderly and suffering its consequences.
- Acknowledge your successes. Congratulate him when he has achieved it, he has done very well!
Let's be pacient
It takes a while to acquire it and you have to be consistent. It is better go little by little, set small goals and as you meet them set new ones. It is not a good idea to have a perfectionist stance with yourself or with others, or expect impossible things. You have to be realistic, they are children and they need to learn with love the values they will need in their lives.
Because remember ... As with any habit, you have to be patient.