picking up toys

Kids are like dogs! Kids love a reward, same as a dog! When you "go crazy" you are rewarding her, so she dumps the toys. Next time, tell her, and show her, the reward you have for her when she picks up the toys. Lets say its a cookie. Ok, so she picks em up, and she gets the cookie. If she dumps them again, You eat the cookie and explain why you got to eat it. May take a time or two for her to understand, but she will get it, and your problem will be over. Now wasn't that easy?

Do you have a "shopping cart" for her? When my daughter turned 1 I gave her a shopping cart for her birthday. Every single night she pushed the cart through the house and put all her toys into the cart. When we got to her room we both put away her toys. Teaching her so young helps now. She is 5 now and knows to put away one thing before she plays with another. Every night before bed she picks up the toys in her room if she forgot any of them earlier in the day. Its something I trained her in from the age of 12 months. Start YOUNG!!

Oh! iam luky in this case as my son picks only that toy in which he is interested and comes back quietly and calmly and even at home he plays with all his toys and after sets all by himself when he getrs bored with them and never give a chance for me to work on his toys. Thanks to god.

When I was teaching my daughter to clean up, we would sing the "Clean Up" song while doing it. She is now 2 and we've made putting back the toys a pre-bedtime ritual. I ask her to help me out and she will. She has yet to keep them on her own though. Anyway, at least by cleaning up together she gets used to the idea and hopefully she will be able to do it on her own.

One thing I've learned is to try and make it a game for the child. Do not allow them to get out other toys until the last toy they were playing with is picked up and put away. I've tried many different things, and I still find myself following them around picking up toys. And they're 4 and 7! If I make a game out of it, or offer to reward them when they do pick it up, it makes it a lot easier and funner for everyone. Offer to read to them or play a game with them if they can pick up first. Rewards usually help!

With my son he is tod to help me and gets a time out if he doesnt. After 1 time out he always helps without hesitation

just keep makeing her pick the toys up every time dhe does that.