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Before clean
up time make sure that you give children a five minute warning before it is time to clean up. I have
a chime that is hanging in my room and the children know that when they hear the chime they have five more minutes to finish
what they are working on. When the five minutes is up I start to sing a clean up song. Children
that are still working on a project and would like to return to that project later; know that I have a table that they can
place those unfinished projects on. This gives children ownership and they are more willing to clean up
lets say the lego’s if they know they can finish their lego car later. Also if children are working
in the block area and they are hesitant in cleaning up because they have worked so hard on their town, I will take a digital
picture of the structure so they can still admire their handy work. Clean
up Songs: Do you know what time it is? Author Unknown Do
you know what time it is What time it is What time it is Do you know what time it is it’s time to
clean-up. Tami put away the blocks Put away the block Put away the
block Tami put away the blocks because it’s time to clean-up Cody put away the puzzle Put away the puzzle Put away the
puzzle Cody put away the puzzle because it’s time to clean-up Acknowledge a child that is cleaning something up and sing their name and
what they are cleaning up. Children that are acknowledged are more willing to help and clean up.
Children want to do the right thing.
Heigh-ho,
Heigh-ho it’s clean up time Author Unknown Heigh-ho,
Heigh-ho It’s clean-up time you know. Put the toys away for another day. Heigh-ho,
Heigh-ho Keep repeating until the children are done. Nunna,
Nunna Its Clean-up Time Author Unknown Nunna, Nunna Nunna,
Nunna, Nunna Hey, Hey its clean-up time Keep repeating as the children clean-up Let’s
board the clean-up train Blow a train whistle so the children know that it is time to board the clean up train.
Start in an area that is hard to clean up like the block area or the dramatic play area. Blow the
whistle and start to sing. Choo, Choo its time to board the clean up train Chugga, Chugga, Choo, Choo Have children form a line behind you and you go around and clean up the
classroom together. This is a great one to start the year off with. This way you can
show the children where things go.
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