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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would use a bin for each kid for their stuff if the hook isn’t enough. If you are home when the kids come home, you stand there as they come in the door and tell them to hang up their bag. They will be annoyed and start to do it so you leave them alone. If they drop it before you get home, you walk them right back to hang it up every single time. If they keep not doing it, you have them stand there and hang it up, unhook it, hang it up, unhook it five times in a row for practice.   If they keep not hanging it up, you take the bag and all the stuff in it. If they want something out of it, you decide if you want to let them have it, but you don’t give the bag back for two days the first time. Give them a plastic grocery bag to carry their stuff in.

If you have to keep dealing with this, you charge them cash for each offense.[/quote]

Basically this.  The Montessori preschool is spotless because they greet each child coming in, bring them to their cubby, show them where the shoes go, help them hang up their coat etc.  Every. Single. Time.  Until they get it.

You have to do something similar at home.[/quote]
Create the best environment you can to make it easy to put things away
They take care of their stuff when they walk in the door
If they’re young, you supervise them and make sure things are done correctly 
I have a similar procedure at night, pack up the school bags, have your clothing ready

I prefer a reward to a fine if they’re a bit older and doing it on their own. If a “fun” belonging is left out I will confiscate for a reasonable time. I also make sure to have a basket for each kid at the stairs so they can put things easily into the basket and then take them up or down when they go.

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