Keep your kid’s drawers organized with these cheap dividers

Posted by on Feb 28, 2006 in Popular Posts: Free Printables | 3 comments I’m not a big fan of dressers. They take up a lot of room in our tiny bedrooms and they’re tough for my little kids to use. The drawers are always heavy and most of them are out reach for my little ones. I bought 5 of these plastic drawers for each of my kids and stacked them in their closets. They’re easy to open and see through so my kids know just where to find what they...
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Help your kids clean their room on their own!

Posted by on Feb 27, 2006 in Popular Posts: Free Printables | 16 comments How many times have you told your kids to go clean their room only to find them pulling out more toys 20 mintues later? I felt like I had to sit in my kids rooms and direct them from one thing to the next in order to keep them on task. Then I came up with this simple cleaning chart to help my kids do it without me. It breaks down the normal clean up into the most common tasks (make your bed, pick...
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A Great, Reusable Grocery List

Posted by on Feb 27, 2006 in Popular Posts: Free Printables | 1 comment I don’t know about you, but most of my trips to the grocery store involve buying the same basic items each week. I created this listpad to save me the trouble of rewriting. On it I’ve got lists for my three most common stores (Sam’s/Costco, Grocery, WalMart/Target). I list my most common items by category (ie produce, dairy, houseware, etc.). I’ve left one or two blank...
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Stop the arguing with this handy Busy Bee chart

Posted by on Feb 27, 2006 in Popular Posts: Free Printables | 3 comments With three kids under 5, I get very sick of listening to the whining and fighting over petty little daily problems. I don’t like playing the referee all day, so I created this fridge Busy Bee chart to help me. Each day, one of the kids is the assigned to be the Busy Bee. They are the little decision maker for the day. They choose everything from what movie to watch at quiet time to who gets...
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A Job Chart That Actually Works

Posted by on Feb 10, 2006 in Uncategorized | 3 comments Hey there, just thought I pass along this little tip. I finally created a job chart that works for our family. I ran around the house and took pictures of all the rooms and jobs (when they were clean). I laminated all of them and added velcro to the back. I used black foam-core and black velcro to create the backboard. Much to my suprise, it’s been 6 months and it’s still working. The...
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