Hi there,
DD is 5 in June and is generally quite 'babied' and DH and I are both guilty of it.
But she is mature for her age and could very well cope with some little jobs in the house and would actually really enjoy it.
She rarely plays in her room so it's not very often untidy but I will start encouraging her to make her bed in the morning - however she is very small for her age and her bed is quite high so she wouldn't be able to reach the other side. But I will ask her to make it anyway.
She also puts her clothes in the washing basket when she takes them off. But what else could she do? She can't reach any of the kitchen cupboards even with a step so not really anything she could do in there...
We do have two dogs so I wonder whether she could feed them in the evening. Also I'm wondering about putting her clothes away once they've been washed and ironed.
DH and I both work FT so little things will help all of us I think. She used to take her breakfast things out to the kitchen when she's finished eating but doesn't do that anymore. Maybe I should encourage it again...
Anything else?
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Little jobs for my nearly 5 year old DD to encourage a little bit of independence
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Katnisscupcake · 11/03/2014 12:23
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