https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 13:04:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-good-about-putting-away-their-blocks#post-1920195 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 20:54:54 +0000 Mrs. D 1920195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We hand her blocks to put away to show her and to keep her from being overwhelmed. She's getting better at it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-good-about-putting-away-their-blocks#post-1919304 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:25:09 +0000 78h2o 1919304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fortunately my LO is a neat freak and usually cleans up on her own and puts the bag of blocks back on the shelf when she's done. On the occasions when she hasn't, I just say that we can't do anything else until she cleans up. So far we've been lucky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-good-about-putting-away-their-blocks#post-1919292 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:21:19 +0000 wonderstruck 1919292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's excellent at it and thinks it's a great game! Unfortunately, I've yet to figure out how I can get him to stop dumping them all back out the second he finished cleaning them up...</p> <p>We started having him help us put stuff away around 12 months and would say thank you or clap every time he put something away, so now he likes throwing everything back into the toy box/block bag/whatever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-good-about-putting-away-their-blocks#post-1919281 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:17:58 +0000 autumnlove 1919281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Good idea. My older toddler really stalls during clean up time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-good-about-putting-away-their-blocks#post-1919265 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:10:20 +0000 looch 1919265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I set a timer and I tell my son whatever is left on the floor is going to get put away, by me, where he can not play with it. I set the timer for just enough time where he'll actually be able to get everything picked up. He's yet to lose anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-good-about-putting-away-their-blocks#post-1919258 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:05:22 +0000 mrbee 1919258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've gotten a lot more strict about the need to put away blocks after the kids are done building. It's working, for the most part! Especially for the wooden blocks, which have a nice box that all the blocks go back into.</p> <p>But the blocks don't get fully put away 100% of the time though, so could use some tips. What works for you guys in getting your kids to put blocks/toys away? </p>