Getting your kids to clean up!

The school holidays are upon us and kids everywhere are running amok, causing chaos and making a mess - as they should. At this time of year, kids can get really bored really quickly and the threat of Santa won’t bring you any presents only lasts for so long.

It’s time to introduce some tasks that your kids can do to help you out around the house so that it doesn’t permanently look like a bombs hit it. Kids of all ages can help out. The key is to finding jobs that they can do and sticking to it -that’s the hard part.  If you haven’t managed to train your older children yet, you may need to get them started with tasks for younger children and introduce new tasks regularly to get them up to speed.

Here are some ideas of what you can get your two to three year old to help with:

• Tidy up toys and pack away.
• Put dirty clothes in the wash
• Wipe table where they ate.
• Spray and wipe chairs and table
• Wash vegetables
• Tear lettuce
• Help set and clear the table
• Bring in pet food bowls and check water bowl – tell parent if low
• Unpack plastic items and cutlery from the dishwasher

At first they may not be great with any of these tasks but a whole lot of encouragement and they will improve and they will show enthusiasm. If they grow up with chores to do there will be less resistance from them. For more information on the cleaning products you can use visit www.blendwell.co.za. Blendwell Chemicals is the best local cleaning chemical manufacturer in  Midrand South Africa.