Home organization can be a struggle when you have a family.  From the time we bring our first baby home, we also bring home lots of equipment to go with them!  Amazing how much such a little, tiny person needs!  And that doesn’t seem to change as the years go by:  toys, clothes, sports equipment, electronics, on & on…

It may be a struggle, but I’m here to say it’s also manageable; there’s definitely hope!  I will share with you a few tips to help you in your own home to help your kids succeed.

1. Be sure to be a good example for your kids.  They need to see you working at being organized as well.  They need to learn the skills from you.
2. Place items at kid level so they can do it themselves.  Hooks for coats and backpacks-keep ‘em low.  
3. Make it easy for kids to put away coats and backpacks by placing hooks close to the door they enter.  Don’t expect kids to go all the way to their rooms to put away coats and backpacks.  Would you go all the way to your room to hang your coat and purse?
4. Simply explain and show kids where things go.
5.  Use labels on the outside of bins and baskets so kids know where to put things back.  Use pictures if they can’t read yet.
6. Be consistent.  This isn’t important to kids, you have to keep encouraging them to do what you want them to do.  You are teaching them life skills here.

Be a good example, work together, be consistent and be on your way to enjoying home organization!

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