Originally Posted by Ariana:
Creativity is key here! I play a game called “Clean up robots” where everyone is assigned a certain area to clean up. I talk like a robot and the kids pretend they are robots and they love it. No idea why but it works. I also get them excited about what is coming next, so I might say “whoever cleans up the best gets to play first on the swings” or whatever the kids love to play with and fight over. Every day I will pick someone new to give each person who is helping a chance to be first. At the end of the day I promise them a game but its a secret game that will only be revealed once the playroom is clean. Then I play some sort of game with them!
We do cleaning robots too and the kids love it! However, a very clever 4 year old of mine, who wasn't cleaning, said to me in a robot voice "can't clean, battery low, need charged."
I told him he could charge up on his cot and miss the next activity or keep cleaning. He kept cleaning.