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Age range: 3-6

Theme Area: The Clean Up Game

Related Episode: Under the Weather

Subjects/Skills: Family Life

Materials Needed:
No materials needed

Directions:
If you're having trouble getting your child to clean up after herself, try this activity. Tell him that you're going to play a "Clean-up game."

To play the game, you will make different rhythms by clapping your hands. When you clap slowly, he will have to move in slow motion. When you clap quickly, he will have to speed up.

Give your child instructions for what needs to be put away. Try to be as specific as possible. For example, instead of saying, "You have to clean up this mess," say, "Okay, to play this clean-up game, you have to put all these cars back into the case." Then tell your child the directions. "When I clap slowly, you have to clean up the cars in slow motion. When I clap quickly, you have to clean up quickly."

Play the game until the original goal is met. Then, if you like, you can move onto another area to clean up.

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