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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, this "play with one thing and clean up" idea people keep saying is terrible. I have a child with special needs and one therapist specifically talked about how great it was when kids were allowed to play with multiple things and really get create and expand their ideas (e.g., it's a hammer...but now it's a phone. And that doll dress is a bandage. And the block is a bottle.). She even managed to convince our really, really rigid home day care provider to let all the kids "mix the toys".

If Miss Tessie can let the kids mix the toys, you can too, OP. Let them play in their dedicated area and then clean up at the end of the day. Everything can go back in the right spot, just don't make them play in little categories.[/quote]

I mean, sure. But I think there is a lot of room between “play with one thing and put it away” and toys every where chaos. Toys need homes. Take them out to play. Put them away at regular cadence. If your kid says they are actively using one of their creations (say a doll hospital made of blocks, PP), then clean around it and let them know the rules around leaving it out. I have a theory that toys everywhere posters are also laundry everywhere posters. Do the laundry, put it away. [/quote]

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