BIG HELPERS - BIG JOBS
Mixing sweet potato pie at WWP!
“Young children love to help out, but many times we won’t let them. Why? Because we think it’s easier - and faster to do it ourselves. Your child might take 15 minutes to finish a job you can do in one minute. But in 15 minutes your child can learn a lot!” Read more: "Big Jobs at Home" from the National Association for the Education of Young Children
Ideas of how young children can be Big Helpers at Home, from our Parent Connect discussion:
washing the dishes - be ready with extra towels
cleaning the bathroom - again be ready with extra towels!
each child in the family has their own special sponge (that they picked out) to clean with
setting and clearing the table for meals
putting away the silverware from the dishwasher - great matching activity
matching socks
helping to change the sheets - it’s fun to make a parachute with the sheets and jump on the bed too!
What other ways do your little ones help?
