5 Steps to Clean Room – Sense of Adventure – Tidy Enough

MUM-e-Mail

To equip and encourage
mothers of preschoolers and their supporters

September 2008

Mother Maxim - Tip

Don’t just put things down – put them away.

Mother Moment – Five Steps to a Clean Room

These five helpful steps can be used for every area of your room.

The plan: Start in one area, such as a chest of drawers, and work your way through.

1 Dump it - Take everything out of the drawers and wardrobes etc.

2 Sort it - According to type – socks and undies in one drawer, ‘to get rid of’ in another.

3 Toss it - Throw away, give away, or store things you’re not using. Put in the ‘too small’ bag to be reassigned every couple of months.

4 Box it - Use baskets and shoe boxes to store your stuff. Avoid round containers - they waste space. Put labelled containers like 2L ice cream tubs in drawers.

5 Return it! - This is your magic formula to being organised. When you are finished with something, return it to its proper (labelled) drawer. The key to keeping your room in order is daily maintenance.

Don’t just put things down – put them away.

Finish the rest of your room using the five steps. Now you can go into business helping others to get organised! Or not.
 

Mother’s Heart

Cleanliness and ‘unclutteredness’ lead the way to a healthier mind and home.

Mentor Mum Moment

Apart from the cleaning equipment, the best tools for cleaning is a sense of adventure, some of ‘Mummy’s Music’ from a previous decade (or two), and a kitchen timer.

Leadership

Learn to lead and delegate by practicing with your children.

Hospitality

Don’t wait until your house is perfect to have visitors over. Make the lounge tidy enough and invite your friends around!

From Last Time

Live according to your priorities. What is important in the Big Picture?

MOPS Link

The Mom Purse – article off www.mops.org

Enjoy being Mummy, enjoy your husband, enjoy your children, enjoy your home,

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Johanna Whittaker

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