https://cleanmama.com/how-to-teach-kids-to-do-laundry/ Everyday Life. Simplified. Sat, 11 Jun 2022 17:47:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://cleanmama.com/how-to-teach-kids-to-do-laundry/#comment-396899 Fri, 10 Jun 2022 20:13:57 +0000 https://cleanmama.com/?p=254766#comment-396899 ) The amazing thing was that my husband used all the folders long after my two sons had graduated college and moved out. So grsteful for having so many helping hands. ]]> My son was 5 when he asked how to do laundry. Ah-hah! Working mom here was ecstaticthat he was interested. (When they ask, then they’re not too young.) I took file folders, labeled them numerically as well as with load. Next, I pasted pictures from magazines of the loads– sheets, towels, undies/whites, kitchen, etc, etc. Inside I drew the picture of the washer and dryer dials, highlighting the type of wash and dry for that load. I drew a measure for detergent, marked the level, and indicated a dryer sheet for the softener. He basically stuck to the easy loads–sheets, towels, kitchen, jamnies; steering clear of loads like perm press that he saw me hang dry instead of machine or line dry. (He couldn’t reach the hangers anyway! 🤣🤣🤣) The amazing thing was that my husband used all the folders long after my two sons had graduated college and moved out. 🤣🤣🤣 So grsteful for having so many helping hands. 💖

]]> https://cleanmama.com/how-to-teach-kids-to-do-laundry/#comment-396842 Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:03:42 +0000 https://cleanmama.com/?p=254766#comment-396842 Love this post! I hang/fold my laundry right from the dryer and I did my best to teach my girls this as well. Not sure why or when I started this but I find this helps with procrastination and less ironing/wrinkles. My step daughters were not taught this, they live out of laundry baskets. I only just came into their lives as older teens.

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