Originally Posted by Meeko60:
I use clear drawers.
Every toy has a home and at clean up, the children know that if things aren't put in the right drawer, I tip it out and they start over. It was hard at first....but I was tired of toys just stuffed anywhere. Legos mixed in with blocks etc.... Now I don't even have to supervise clean up and the kids let any new ones know exactly where things go! Our toys stay perfectly organized and are easy to see and get to.
what ages do you have? My 3.5 yo can clean up fairly well, but everyone else just looks at me blankly when I try to get them to help clean up (they are 2yr 11 mos, 2 yr 2 mos, 2 yr 0 mos and 18 mos). If I even try to get the others to pick up a toy and put it "right here, where I'm pointing" they tend to pick it up and wander off with it.