Learn children how to clean

Tip 1: Assign children regular chores

Children can be very helpful with tasks like doing the dishes, setting and clearing the table, and making their own beds. These may be small chores, but they give your child more responsibility. And of course, they'll love it even more if there's a fun reward involved!

Tip 2: Be patient, as it won't be perfect right away

Remember how you learned all the handy cleaning tricks through trial and error? Let your child give it a try and give them a compliment when they do well. And if it doesn't work out, offer constructive criticism and help your child do it properly. Never resort to a "fine, I'll do it myself" attitude.

Tip 3: Turn cleaning into a game

Set a timer for 10 minutes and have a race to see who can tidy up their toys the fastest.

More fun ideas:

•       Let your child help conquer the Mountains of Dishes with the Cloth of Vanishing Water (a tea towel). Tell them that the clean dishes must be stored away properly, so the Sneaky Scoundrels won't get their thieving hands on them.

•       Enlist your child's help in polishing sinks and faucets, pretending there's a Wishing Genie inside. If they do a good job, they get to make three candy wishes to the genie!

•       Children love their toys, especially displaying ALL of them. Give them a little quest before bedtime: tidy up all their toys neatly in exchange for an exciting bedtime story!

•       Let your children assist in collecting and putting away the laundry. On your signal, they can gather all the dirty clothes from their rooms and toss them into the laundry basket. For putting away the laundry, do the same: place the clean clothes in the laundry basket and instruct the children to put away their clothes as quickly as possible before the Dragon steals them! Of course, the quest would be complete if your partner dressed up as a dragon.