- Life skills and money
- Classes 1-2
- 3 min read
Keeping my room tidy
Learn to put things back in their place, make your bed and keep your space neat in five easy steps.
Let us begin
The big idea
A tidy room is a happy room. When everything has its own place, we can find our things quickly, and the room looks nice. Tidying is easy when we do it a little every day.
Everything needs a home. Books go on the shelf, clothes go in the cupboard and toys go in a box. After we use something, we put it back in its home.
We can tidy in four small steps. First, pick up things from the floor. Second, put books and toys in their place. Third, put dirty clothes in the basket. Fourth, make the bed.
Tidying a little every day is easier than a big clean-up once a week. It takes only five minutes.
A tidy room is also safe. We do not trip over toys, and we do not lose our school things. A tidy school bag helps us find our books in the morning.
Worked examples
See how it works
After play
Raju plays with blocks. When he is done, he puts all the blocks back in the box and the box on the shelf. His floor is clear again.
Morning bed
Meena gets up and folds her blanket and straightens her pillow. Her bed looks neat in one minute.
School bag at night
Before sleeping, Sam puts his books and pencil box in his bag. In the morning he does not have to search for anything.
Try it at home
Five minute tidy-up
You will need
- A timer or a clock
- A box or basket
- A helper (optional)
What to do
- Set a timer for five minutes.
- Pick up everything from the floor and put it into the right place.
- Put dirty clothes into the laundry basket.
- Fold your blanket and straighten the pillow.
- When the timer rings, look at your room and smile. Do this every day this week.
Ask a grown-up: An adult can show where each thing lives and join the five minutes at first.
Practice sheet
Check what you learned
Practice sheet: Keeping my room tidy (Classes 1-2, Life skills and money)
- Where do books go in your room?
- Where do dirty clothes go?
- Where do toys go after play?
- What is the first step of tidying: picking things up from the floor or making the bed?
- How long should a daily tidy-up take?
- Why is a tidy room safe?
- Why should you pack your school bag at night?
- What do we do with a blanket in the morning?
- Who should keep your room tidy?
- Tell two things you can do to tidy your room today.
Answer key
Answers: Keeping my room tidy
- On the shelf.
- In the laundry basket.
- In the toy box.
- Picking things up from the floor.
- About five minutes.
- We will not trip over things.
- So we can find everything quickly in the morning.
- Fold it and straighten the pillow.
- Me, with a little help from my family.
- Sample answers: pick up toys and fold my blanket.