Organizational Skills in Children
- Create a handwritten or computer-generated schedule for your entire family regarding daily routines. Teach your children how to read and understand the schedule as this will allow them to understand planning and scheduling time according to your family's needs and activities. Have your child write in her own schedule for certain days or times she would like to complete specific activities on her own.
- Using checklists to help show your child his accomplishments or the amount of chores completed will help him keep track of his progress, improvements and overall work done. Checklists can also give incentives to children when learning how to organize and handle their time appropriately. Checklists will also help organize the order of your children's chores,or help them create their own customized routine based on the efficiency of completing the tasks.
- Have your children organize their daily homework assignments and papers by creating a binder or folder specifically for each subject. Label each folder with the subject it belongs to and purchase additional stickers or labels for special projects. Showing your child how to organize her homework at the primary grade level will come in handy as she advances through school and the work increases in terms of time and difficulty.
- Organizing personal items, such as electronics and toys, is an important part of learning how to be responsible and will keep your child from asking you where the item is through personal accountability. Buy plastic tubs and containers with labels to help your children organize toys by their importance or by the seasons. Store or sell unused toys and show your child how easy it is to put items away during clean up time.
