I love the idea of rotating toys, onthegomom. We have a small house and only one living space. We store toys in the bedroom, but my extrovert won't play in there by himself anyway! How do you organize that. Do you do it weekly or fortnightly, an how do you store the toys not being used?
I have sacraficed my front entry closet for toy usage. I have plastic bins with lables. I have just 2 kids so I keep their stuff on their own side of the closet. It's difficult for the kids to get much out from this closet. When they want something out we try to put something away. I limit what I keep by the amount of space we have to store. When we get something new something needs to go. I rotate new toys into the playroom about every three months now. My kids are 7 & 9. When they were younger and playing with everthing more I did this monthly. When my kids stare at the same stuff too long it becomes boring. If there are things they are frequeltly playing with I would leave that out.
I tell the kids the toys are for the playroom unless there is a need for an exception. When they have a playmate they might need more space and I divide the kids up. This is a process and takes time. I'm still telling my kids to take toys out of the kitchen. I ty to say it sweetly so it's not a battle. I often help with a bigger pick up because my kids still get overwhelmed when it's alot. Our playroom does get messy sometimes but I feel like this should be expected they are kids. They should be more focused on playing not organizing
