June 16, 2009

Using Picture Labels to Help Pre-Readers Keep Their Toys Organized

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Last week, I wrote about organizing Molly’s toys. I had to continue to work on the toy organization this week because I wanted to place picture labels on each bin, in the hopes that it would be easier (for everyone in the family!) to put the toys in the correct bins.

If you missed it last week, here is what the bins looked like to start with (although this was actually when I was mid-way through organizing — trust me though, it wasn’t pretty to start with):

Here is what the bins looked like last week in my post about decluttering her toys as my “after” picture:

As I said though, I wasn’t done because darn it — I’ve organized these toys before! I have done it many times, and each time, all of the bins get all mixed around. So, it was my hope that if I added picture labels, everyone would clearly be able to see what types of toys should go in each bin.

After the fun of setting up something representative of each bin and taking photos of them, I had them printed — two pictures per 4×6 print. I then laminated each picture (with the actual word labelled on the back of the picture), hole punched it, and used yarn to attach it ot the appropriate bin.

Here are the bins with their pictures attached:

And a close up of a couple of the bins:

It’s been just under a week since I finished it all up, and I have to say — so far, it’s been a success! I’m so psyched! Hopefully this is one toy organization system that will finally work out for us.

How do you keep toys organized?

This post is linked to: Works for Me Wednesday , Talk About Tuesday, and Tackle It Tuesday.

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