Comments on: How to Tidy Any Room in 10 Minutes http://www.joannavaught.com/2010/01/10/how-to-tidy-any-room-in-10-minutes/ vegan cookbook author, mom, dilettante, recovering maven Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:01:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: joanna http://www.joannavaught.com/2010/01/10/how-to-tidy-any-room-in-10-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-348 joanna Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:03:38 +0000 http://www.joannavaught.com/?p=146#comment-348 megan: milo and i do a quick pick-up every night, too, while matt is feeding the cats. it definitely helps, but you know how it is. the rooms still get messy again! george: I LIKE THE SATURDAY BAG! i might have to steal that. i do think it's probably a little easier with only one kid, but having a consequence is a good motivator for kids. megan: milo and i do a quick pick-up every night, too, while matt is feeding the cats. it definitely helps, but you know how it is. the rooms still get messy again!

george: I LIKE THE SATURDAY BAG! i might have to steal that. i do think it’s probably a little easier with only one kid, but having a consequence is a good motivator for kids.

]]> By: Teaching Kids With Hands On Activities | Teaching About it http://www.joannavaught.com/2010/01/10/how-to-tidy-any-room-in-10-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Teaching Kids With Hands On Activities | Teaching About it Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:51:10 +0000 http://www.joannavaught.com/?p=146#comment-347 [...] How to Tidy Any Room In the meantime, take that stuff out of the room you’re tidying. Vacuum or sweep. It’s a simple step that makes any room look a thousand times cleaner. Tidy People I wonder what happens when tidy people do marry NTP and have children, if those children are now all the whiney kids you see on Dr. Phil? I’d explore this psychological breakthrough longer. Teaching children to fight clutter If you drop things randomly as you pass through the house, so will the kids. Joe’s point is excellent, keeping the house tidy is a team effort.  Mail this post [...] [...] How to Tidy Any Room In the meantime, take that stuff out of the room you’re tidying. Vacuum or sweep. It’s a simple step that makes any room look a thousand times cleaner. Tidy People I wonder what happens when tidy people do marry NTP and have children, if those children are now all the whiney kids you see on Dr. Phil? I’d explore this psychological breakthrough longer. Teaching children to fight clutter If you drop things randomly as you pass through the house, so will the kids. Joe’s point is excellent, keeping the house tidy is a team effort.  Mail this post [...]

]]> By: George http://www.joannavaught.com/2010/01/10/how-to-tidy-any-room-in-10-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-346 George Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:44:57 +0000 http://www.joannavaught.com/?p=146#comment-346 Hey Jo, Similar to the box thing, my folks used to employ the "Saturday Bag," into which all toys, etc. that weren't picked up on Saturday at noon would go until the following week. I remember shedding many tears about this as of course I waited until the Saturday Bag was coming around to scramble to pick up all of my toys. I'm not sure if that was effective or not in teaching me to pick up my toys and plan ahead, but I think it did inadvertently teach me about prioritization under pressure and picking favorites from my toys. HA. Hey Jo,

Similar to the box thing, my folks used to employ the “Saturday Bag,” into which all toys, etc. that weren’t picked up on Saturday at noon would go until the following week. I remember shedding many tears about this as of course I waited until the Saturday Bag was coming around to scramble to pick up all of my toys.

I’m not sure if that was effective or not in teaching me to pick up my toys and plan ahead, but I think it did inadvertently teach me about prioritization under pressure and picking favorites from my toys. HA.

]]> By: veganmegan http://www.joannavaught.com/2010/01/10/how-to-tidy-any-room-in-10-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-345 veganmegan Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:12:17 +0000 http://www.joannavaught.com/?p=146#comment-345 I love the box idea! We do a quick clean-up of the playroom every night before Henry goes to bed. It makes all the difference! I love the box idea! We do a quick clean-up of the playroom every night before Henry goes to bed. It makes all the difference!

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