Until it's not too late
Mom is the main example for a child. Of course, it's good if everyone in the family tries to maintain order and does not try to shift household chores to each other. If the kid observes how parents carefully monitor the order, he will also want to take part in this action. When you ask a small host of such an exemplary home to take away books or cars, you will hardly hear protests. He will clean everything up with pleasure, and even wash the dishes ... But here's the trouble! Of course, he does not know how to wash dishes! And in a year, and in two years, children want to put things in order, but they can not do it the way their parents want. This is where the problems begin. Adults try to avoid the broken plates spilled from the water sink and take away from the kid the right to do housework. After all, even a toy for himself, he can not collect "properly"! But when children grow up, parents return to the issue of order in the house, but already with demands and indignations. Be patient and let the child clean up while he still wants it.
Is there a small pile?
First of all, enter a simple rule for the child, showing when to start cleaning. Let the little one, playing enough with one toy, first remove it in place, and only after that take another. When toys are small, there is no problem. In this case, the main thing is not to take the initiative into your own hands, but still give the child the opportunity to put his book on the shelf or to remove all six cubes in a box. Just show the crumb how he should act. More explain to him why you need to clean, how it's done, why the mother always immediately after the walk hides the clothes in the closet, etc. However, for a full game the child may need and a lot of toys. He built a large track of cubes and a designer, brought out for the arrival of ten cars, arranged toy-spectators, arranged a car wash with a water basin and a gas station. Do not limit the crumbs. Of course, he must use his wealth to the fullest. So, it came to cleaning. Toys, scattered on the carpet, really turned out a lot. A crumb can start to be capricious, frightened that he will not manage to cope with so many jobs. Help the child to divide the unbearable work into simple and feasible tasks. Never remodel his work at a baby. Very disappointing when you tried so hard - and all in vain. Do you miss the moment of early childhood? At four years, the children often have a sense of beauty, and they again want to make an effort to create a pleasant atmosphere in the house. But the habit of observing and maintaining the purity, developed in a year or two, has every chance to become a feature of character.
Game moment
You can remove toys in two ways. It's just boring to collect them in boxes or to start a special game. You can think of quite a few options. Let it be a competition "Who will collect more toys?" Or preparation for a night ball of fairies and gnomes: to their appearance the hall should simply shine. You can try to collect toys and talk for each of them. You can ask on behalf of dolls to put it on a shelf next to a bear, and on behalf of soldiers to give a command quickly to be evacuated in a box. There is an option for lovers to listen to interesting tales. If the kid has already learned the cleaning rules and he only needs your presence, read the crumbs of the fascinating books while he tidies up the room. If suddenly the baby heard and stopped, pause and you. Include during the prompting of a fun song or sing along with a crumb of your own invented lines. In the end, cubes can fly into a box like a basketball basket, and books stack in a pile, like the rings of a pyramid, from the largest to the smallest.
All in places!
In order for the child to be able to clean up without difficulty, you need to think over a place for toys. It is convenient to put soft toys and dolls, books and board games on open shelves, and cubes, soldiers and other small things in boxes or baskets. You can take one big box for all cars and one big box for all the animals. To the child is not confused, it's good to somehow mark boxes - paste pictures. This very activity will be fun and exciting for the child. Find suitable images, cut out and necessarily together define each thing your place.
Extreme measures
The kid has matured a little and suddenly refused to clean up his treasures? He just tests you: can I not do what my mom says? What happens if I refuse to clean up? Ask if the child needs help, and insist on it. If the little guy is stubborn, take a break and do your own thing. Sooner or later a stubborn will need your attention, and then you can remind him of disobedience. There is another effective way. If the baby has gone to bed and has not removed the scattered toys, hide them secretly in a secret place, and in the morning tell them that they, apparently, were offended by the child and left. After all, as you know, toys, and some objects, come to life when everyone is asleep. Read him the tales of KI. Chukovsky "Moidodir" and "Fedorino grief". Assure the kid that if he decides to collect his things and promises to always put toys on the place, all his friends will quickly return back, because they also miss the crumbs. If the toy has too many toys and he did not even notice the loss, repeat the script "We're leaving the slut" the next day. Do not scold or punish the child for a mess in the room. Negative emotions are unlikely to lead to the desire to eliminate it. Better praise the child for all attempts to bring your house in order. Words of approval are the most important element on the way of child upbringing. If the crumb is difficult to clean, try the game "Flower". On a sheet of paper place the "earned" baby chamomile. Each flower is drawn only when the child removes the toys after the game. When there is a small bouquet on the leaf, for example three chamomiles, the baby is waiting for a surprise, but not the material one: playing with the daddy, allowing to play at the computer, etc.