https://cleanmama.com/how-to-teach-kids-to-do-laundry/ Everyday Life. Simplified. Sat, 02 Nov 2024 08:03:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://cleanmama.com/how-to-teach-kids-to-do-laundry/#comment-581942 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:17:12 +0000 https://clean-mama.flywheelsites.com/?p=254766#comment-581942 This post is so helpful. I absolutely love all the tips! Definitely keeps me and my family motivated to clean!

]]> https://cleanmama.com/how-to-teach-kids-to-do-laundry/#comment-396899 Fri, 10 Jun 2022 20:13:57 +0000 https://clean-mama.flywheelsites.com/?p=254766#comment-396899 My son was 5 when he asked how to do laundry. Ah-hah! Working mom here was ecstaticthat he was interested. (When they ask, then they’re not too young.) I took file folders, labeled them numerically as well as with load. Next, I pasted pictures from magazines of the loads– sheets, towels, undies/whites, kitchen, etc, etc. Inside I drew the picture of the washer and dryer dials, highlighting the type of wash and dry for that load. I drew a measure for detergent, marked the level, and indicated a dryer sheet for the softener. He basically stuck to the easy loads–sheets, towels, kitchen, jamnies; steering clear of loads like perm press that he saw me hang dry instead of machine or line dry. (He couldn’t reach the hangers anyway! ????????????) The amazing thing was that my husband used all the folders long after my two sons had graduated college and moved out. ???????????? So grsteful for having so many helping hands. ????

]]> https://cleanmama.com/how-to-teach-kids-to-do-laundry/#comment-396842 Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:03:42 +0000 https://clean-mama.flywheelsites.com/?p=254766#comment-396842 Love this post! I hang/fold my laundry right from the dryer and I did my best to teach my girls this as well. Not sure why or when I started this but I find this helps with procrastination and less ironing/wrinkles. My step daughters were not taught this, they live out of laundry baskets. I only just came into their lives as older teens.

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