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Ages 4+ · Life Skills · Home and helping
Everything has a home
🧰toy box📚shelf🧺basket🧹tidy up
Everything has a home.
The big ideaEverything has a home. Kids can help put things back.

How it works

Everything has a home, and we can put each thing back.

Blocks, a teddy and a toy car go in the toy box. Books go on the shelf. Dirty clothes go in the basket.

Putting things back is helping.

Toy box and shelf• blocks• a teddy• a toy car• a bookBasket• a dirty sock• a dirty shirt• a wet towel
Where things live.

Example 1: Blocks to the box

  1. Kit's floor is covered in toys.
  2. Plop, plop, plop, the blocks go into the toy box.
  3. Teddy goes in the box too, ready for a nap.

Example 2: A book on the shelf

  1. Kit finds his book on the floor.
  2. He puts it up on the shelf, where the books live.
  3. Then a dirty sock goes in the basket.
📖book to the shelf🧦sock to the basket🧱blocks to the box
Each one goes home.

Example 3: A clear floor

  1. Kit looks down and can see all of his floor.
  2. Nobody will trip on a toy.
  3. The blocks are easy to find, and Kit feels proud.

Words to know

tidy
To put things back where they live.
home
The place a thing lives.
basket
Where dirty clothes go.
shelf
Where the books live.

Watch out

Try it

  1. Where do the blocks live?
  2. Where does a book live?
  3. Where does a dirty sock go?
  4. Can kids help to tidy up?
Answers: 1. in the toy box · 2. on the shelf · 3. in the basket · 4. yes
Try at homeToday, put one thing back where it lives, with a grown-up beside you.
For grown-upsName a home for a few of your child's things (a box, a shelf, a basket) and tidy together, one thing back where it lives.
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