Kids want to play with their mother all day and categorically do not want to let her go to the kitchen to make lunch or to the washroom. Children do not want to understand the need for daily activities, and no arguments on them do not work. Than to waste time, persuading the child to play independently, or to include him the TV, try to involve it as your assistant in any affairs which you are engaged every day.
Cooking food.
Cooking for the whole family takes a long time each day. Fortunately, you can take a kid to our kitchen in many ways. The child can be instructed to wash the brush with vegetables, wash the unbreakable dishes with a sponge, and wash from the table. Show the child how the sponge absorbs a puddle on the table, demonstrate how you can squeeze water into a bowl - he will surely be delighted. Children love to pour and pour something from one container to another - instruct the baby to measure the required number of spoons, and he will immerse himself in a fascinating occupation for a long time, and at the same time he will learn to count. Another exciting activity is the kitchen scale. Take out and hand the baby a scales, put in front of him some fruits and vegetables for weighing. You can also keep in the kitchen a salty dough, a small rolling pin and molds for cutting out figures from it. Salted dough is easy to prepare, you just need to mix a glass of flour, half a glass of salt and a little water - so that it does not turn out to be too steep. You can add food coloring. You can store the dough in the fridge for about a month. Keep a jar of walnuts in the kitchen, the kids like to take them out, and then fold them back. The older child can be instructed to cut soft fruit with a plastic knife, spread butter on bread, decorate the meal with figurines from vegetables. Cut the circles and semicircles of cucumber and tomato, strips of Bulgarian pepper and invite the child to make a salad in the form of a funny face for each member of the family.Cleaning.
Kids are cleaning with great pleasure: wipe the dust, sweep, brush the carpets and furniture - the child can do it all. The main thing is not to use any cleaning products while the baby is near you. Cleaning the plumbing is best done when the child is asleep. Get a child for your own set of different rags, brushes and give out only at the time of harvesting. Pour the water into the small atomizer (the less, the easier it will be for you to remove the water later) and show the baby how to sprinkle water on his table, and then wipe it with a cloth. Be careful while cleaning. For safety reasons, never leave a child alone next to a bucket filled with water, the baby may not balance and fall head first into the bucket. Also, make sure that the baby does not slip on the wet floor.Wash.
The child is quite able to help you put clothes in the washing machine and put it in the basin when the washing is over. He can also give you things to put up. Now, few moms use clothespins, and this is a great exercise for the toddler's fingers. Get some bright clothespins and teach the child to "pin" the socks to the clothes dryer. Dry clothes can be ordered to sort. Children are happy to form piles of "for my mother," "for the pope" and "for me."As you can see, the child can take all possible participation in any household matters. Be patient, do not rush, or shout at the baby, even if it's spinning under your feet.
The main thing is not the perfect cleanliness in the house, but the desire of the child to help you, the feeling of your "neediness" for them. In the evening, be sure to praise the child for the help in the presence of relatives - his enthusiasm will double.