If it looks as though a tornado blew through the bedroom of the young man living in your house, take a few steps to get the room organized. Help him keep it that way with daily spruce-ups to put away toys and keep things in their places. An organized room is a must once the child is old enough to go to school. He'll need easily accessible spaces to store his schoolwork, work on homework and play. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Divide the room into sections: the closet, toy, dresser and schoolwork areas. Spend one day going through each section, discarding or donating clothing your boy has outgrown or worn out, getting rid of toys he no longer plays with and sifting through his schoolwork, putting last year's paperwork in its own pile.
2. Hang a second rod in the closet if your child is not quite tall enough to reach clothing on the higher rod. Use slim-line hangers to hang any dress shirts and pants in the closet to give him extra room.
3. Attach a coat hook to the inside or outside closet door so he can hang his bathrobe or towel from it. Use more hooks if you'd like so he can hang hats or his backpack.
4. Sort toys into storage containers by type. Have a bin for building toys, one for board games and one for cars or action heroes. If your child has picture books, store them on end in a bin, so he can flip through them easily. Look for bins with wheels so he can move his toys from room to room. Label the bins so both of you know what goes in which bin.
5. Store extra bed linens or out-of-season clothing in boxes that fit under the bed. Make further use of space under the bed by storing out-of-season sports equipment there too.
6. Divide schoolwork into binders. Have one binder for each subject for an older child or one large binder for everything for a younger child. Use an accordion file to store paperwork from previous school years.
7. Put a laundry hamper by the door so he'll remember to toss dirty laundry in it before leaving his room.
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