Researcher and professor Marty Rossmann studied a group of children for over 25 years, and found “the best predictor of young adults’ success in their mid-20’s was that they participated in household tasks when they were three or four.” 🙌
This makes so much sense, until you see your 3-year-old spread more crumbs around than they’re sweeping up. Doing tasks yourself can seem so much easier when you’re short on time, but teaching your child how to do chores is worth it, we promise. 😉
How you can help your child develop a positive relationship with household tasks: 👇
✨ Capitalize on work cycles: A “work cycle” is a Montessori concept. It refers to a chunk of uninterrupted time that is devoted to exploring the environment and engaging with the materials inside it.
Thinking about chores as work cycles helps you break them into discrete phases and be specific when you model them. If you want to teach your child to help do the laundry you might highlight 4 steps: take a shirt out of the dryer, put it in a laundry basket, bring the basket into the bedroom, and then fold it. Three-year-olds love to imitate, so keep your movements slow and let your child copy what you’re doing.
👍 Offer child-size tools: Look for child-sized brooms, laundry baskets, and mops to give your 3-year-old the greatest opportunity for success. Household tasks are a lot harder to do—let alone learn—with mops and brooms that are twice your child’s height, or baskets large enough for them to sit in.
Give your child the boost they need to accomplish real goals. For example, step stools in the kitchen and bathroom help your child reach things independently, and a laundry hamper in the bedroom reminds them to get put dirty clothes away.
👏 Make rituals out of your requests: Letting your child pick a few cyclical activities—like feeding the dog or doing the laundry—gives them more opportunities to practice. This repetition allows them to build relationships with their contributions and find more success.
🥳 Have fun working together: Joyful collaboration is a vital ingredient in your child finding meaning in chores and feeling like they’re a critical part of your family culture.
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Researcher and professor Marty Rossmann studied a group of children for over 25 years, and found “the best predictor of young adults’ success in their mid-20’s was that they participated in household tasks when they were three or four.” 🙌
This makes so much sense, until you see your 3-year-old spread more crumbs around than they’re sweeping up. Doing tasks yourself can seem so much easier when you’re short on time, but teaching your child how to do chores is worth it, we promise. 😉
How you can help your child develop a positive relationship with household tasks: 👇
✨ Capitalize on work cycles:
A “work cycle” is a Montessori concept. It refers to a chunk of uninterrupted time that is devoted to exploring the environment and engaging with the materials inside it.
Thinking about chores as work cycles helps you break them into discrete phases and be specific when you model them. If you want to teach your child to help do the laundry you might highlight 4 steps: take a shirt out of the dryer, put it in a laundry basket, bring the basket into the bedroom, and then fold it. Three-year-olds love to imitate, so keep your movements slow and let your child copy what you’re doing.
👍 Offer child-size tools:
Look for child-sized brooms, laundry baskets, and mops to give your 3-year-old the greatest opportunity for success. Household tasks are a lot harder to do—let alone learn—with mops and brooms that are twice your child’s height, or baskets large enough for them to sit in.
Give your child the boost they need to accomplish real goals. For example, step stools in the kitchen and bathroom help your child reach things independently, and a laundry hamper in the bedroom reminds them to get put dirty clothes away.
👏 Make rituals out of your requests:
Letting your child pick a few cyclical activities—like feeding the dog or doing the laundry—gives them more opportunities to practice. This repetition allows them to build relationships with their contributions and find more success.
🥳 Have fun working together:
Joyful collaboration is a vital ingredient in your child finding meaning in chores and feeling like they’re a critical part of your family culture.
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