Laundry

Laundry is a simple chore that I’ve found my kids love to help with.

• Read "Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash" by Sarah Weeks
• Let the kids help you do a load of laundry
  1. Let them turn the dials and push the buttons to start the water
  2. They can help sort clothes into lights & darks. Or go ahead and sort them into red, orange, yellow, blue, brown and white piles.

 

• Clothesline
  1. If you have a clothesline, let the kids help hang up the wash with clothespins.
  2. If not, you can make a simple clothesline (hang a line between two chairs) and hang up the wash (or even a few clean shirts from the drawer) with clothespins.
  3. TIP: if the pinchy clothespins are too hard to work, try using the old-fashioned kind that you just push down. I’ve heard the dollar store has these.
• Match socks after a load of laundry
1. Hide the socks around the room and let them find each pair.
2. Or simply mix them all in a pile, sort through, and match the pairs!
• Help the kids learn how to fold laundry ... we were really surprised that our 3-year-old wanted to learn how to fold and he was great at it! It just takes a little extra patience

• Trace & Color Pages … from Making Learning Fun
• I love this idea for a Clank Can to re-tell the story. Click HERE for printables and directions. Or use the printables and clip them onto a clotheslines as you read.

• Color Clothesline … another great printable from Making Learning Fun