Comments on: Organizing Your Child’s Room is a Process

By: 10 Favourite Posts For April | Planning With Kids

10 Favourite Posts For April | Planning With Kids — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:03:30 +0000

[...] at I’m An Organizing Junkie aims to make the tasks of organising a child’s room easier, by detailing a process you can [...]

By: renae

renae — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:44:09 +0000

I am a organizing freak and I agree 100% with the idea of getting the kids involved and that it is taught. My biggest hurddle has been getting my boys to put the stuff back in the bin they got it from; i.e. put the action figures back in the action figure bin not on the floor or tossed in the closet. I feel like it should be so easy for them to clean up but it must mot be because they are still not on board and I end up doing it.

By: Creative Triplet Mom

Creative Triplet Mom — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:59:40 +0000

You probably thought I left the face of the earth as I haven’t been checking my blogs but nope I’m still alive and reading back to where I left off. Yes, I did scroll down to where I read last. I’ve been having some issues of my kids scattering toys in every room then they whine and complain when I ask them to clean up. Now the only thing that really helps is getting a laundry basket and telling them to quickly put everything in the baskets so at least the stuff is off the floor and I can bring the baskets into their play room. But they refuse to empty them out and put them in their appropriate containers. So on a monthly basis I try to sort through and purge what’s in there since they put garbage like arts and crafts and broken toys in the baskets when they clean up. My other problem is that my parents keep giving them things that we just don’t need. Like dollar store toys, mcdonald’s happy meal toys or big big stuffed animals like teddy bears and bunnies. What to do with it all? Thanks for sharing that blog where she did her craft closet. I so need to tackle mine. Yes, it’s one of those rooms that has lots of clutter in it. I did manage to give away all my unread books to the library and I did hang up all my punches on my wall but that’s as far as I have gotten. One day I will get that room into order. Going to read the rest of your blog now.

By: I’m an Organizing Junkie » Empower your kids

I’m an Organizing Junkie » Empower your kids — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:55:46 +0000

[...] like to continue the discussion of kids and organizing that I started a couple of days ago. As you know I’m a huge advocate for getting kids involved in the organizing process. [...]

By: Joan

Joan — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:14:10 +0000

Wow! If you check out my “monthly roundup” post, besides my closet, I happened to work with my daughter on her playroom too. Without knowing it, we followed most of these steps exactly, and it is GREAT!

I’ll also point out that if your child has any difficulties, like ADHD (my daughter does!), having a neat space really helps. A friend has a son with autism and, again, he does so much better with less “stuff” overwhelming him. Then again, who wouldn’t???

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:46:39 +0000

This works to a point in my youngest son’s room. He collects EVERYTHING!! Sticks, rocks, pieces of paper, bottle caps – anything that could interest a little boy on his walk home from school. He is given warnings & then I’m ruthless – I purge his room – big time. Tossing out everything except books & his most beloved stuff (special stuffed animals, legos, matchbox cars & his ’silky’). He’s sad, but he’s also relieved he doesn’t have as much to pick up.

By: Mrs. Wilson

Mrs. Wilson — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:54:46 +0000

I do this about once a month with the girls room. I LOVE the process. I usually let Kaylie pick which toys stay and which toys go – sharing a small room in an apartment doesn’t leave very much space :)

By: Racquel

Racquel — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:44:14 +0000

S- sort
P- purge
A- assign a home
C- containerize
E- equalize (up keep)

By: Fia

Fia — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:42:36 +0000

Your PROCESS technique is really cool! I need to keep this acronym in mind. And I agree that as parents, we should get our kids involved in arranging their toys and other stuff so that they will learn to be disciplined at an early age. They should be taught well which organizing products to use in storing their toys and make sure they store them back to their proper containers after playing.

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:41:12 +0000

Now that my kids are old enough to help with the decisions, we have done this. I am very impressed with them. Even my youngest (age 3) can understand that he can only keep as much stuff as we have space for. They handle things much better when we work together to get rid of extra, than when I do it stealthily.
My problem know is just keeping up the organization.