I Can Help

Toddler Laundry

While you’re doing laundry, ask your child to help. Invite them to sort clothes into piles of dark and light colors.

See what your child is learning

It may take longer, but when you let your child help, they learn about how to hold an idea in their mind and get it done. These thinking skills are needed to make plans and see them through—skills they will need the rest of their life.


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