Small Help Signs for Kids!
2015-03-16
I have a simple but fantastic idea for today.
We are all happy when our youngsters help us in their own way, to the extent appropriate to their age, in the daily tasks. When it feels like it's time to help the cartilage a little bit, it's completely unique, but for those who would leave a few little things to their kindergarten-age little ones, here's an ingenious help.
All you need is two simple metal pans or baking trays, any colored paint, a colored tape for fastening, a few pebbles that kids paint, glue and a magnetic disc, or a cutable magnetic tape.
And making it is incredibly easy and fast:
For each of our offspring, we prepare a tray, paint it on the chosen color, and while it dries, we fix the pieces of magnets on the back of the colored stones with a glue gun. After that, all we have to do is write down or draw on alcohol markers all the given tasks, such as making beds or tidying up; and finally split the pan between the remaining activities and the ones already done. And when all the magnetic pebbles are on the right side, everyone can be satisfied and kids can easily track what they've already done and what needs to be done.

(In our country, the crumb broom would also have a right to exist… 🙂 )