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cleaning up with young children   Date: Wed Sep 14 2005 -
04:17:52 PDT  Yeah, those little ones can try your soul some
days, haha. I think of those days as times when it feels like I
am trying to lasso jello!  Ok, here's my arsenal of tricks that
I use when I get that old jello feeling and feel like I'm
totally worthless as a teacher at their cleanup time: 1.
"Everyone pick up 20 things to put away." For some reason this
ALWAYS works. They love counting??? I don't always do this. I
save it for times when NOTHING is happening in the way of
cleanup and the are all just having a ball being little imps! 2.
On days when we use oil pastels, tell them they cannot wash
their hands until all of the oil pastels are put away and their
pictures are stacked neatly in the pile. Then, while they are
washing their hands, spray their tables with fantastic. As they
dry their hands, tell them to take some extra paper towels to go
dry their tables. No need for water. Th