Hang the Laundry
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Description
While a grown-up hangs laundry to dry, your child helps with the small items - socks, face cloths, washcloths - draping them over a low rack or clipping them with pegs. A real contribution to a task that happens regularly in most households.
What to prep
- drying_rack
- laundry
- clothes_pegs
Play guide
- 1Set up or position the drying rack at a height your child can comfortably reach at least the lower rungs. Or designate a low section of an existing clothesline.
- 2Sort out the small items your child will hang - socks, face cloths, washcloths, children's handkerchiefs. Keep adult items and large items for the grown-up to hang.
- 3Show your child how to drape an item over a rung, or how to clip a peg if using clothes pegs. One demonstration is enough.
- 4Hand items to your child one or two at a time and let them hang each. Stay nearby and hang your own items alongside them.
- 5When all the small items are done, acknowledge the contribution: "you hung all the socks."
Success signals
Your child hangs several items without skipping rungs or dropping them constantly. They persist through the pile of small items. They carry their pile to the rack independently
If it's tricky
Your child can't reach the rack: Bring the rack lower or drape items over a chair back as an alternative. Clothes pegs are frustrating: Switch to draping - the clip motion is a fine motor challenge that not all 2-3 year olds are ready for. They want to hang the big items too: Let them try one (with help) and then redirect to the small ones that fit their size. A sibling dispute over the pegs starts: Give each child their own container of pegs