Doing
laundry together provides many opportunities to learn.
Ask your child to help you remember all the clothes
that need to be washed. See how many things he can name.
Socks? T-shirts? Pajamas? Have him help you gather all
the dirty clothes. Have your child help you make piles
of light and dark colors.
Show
your child how to measure out the soap, and have him
pour the soap into the machine. Let him put the items
into the machine, naming them. Keep out one sock. When
the washer is filled with water, take out a sock. Let
your child hold the wet sock and the one you kept out.
Ask him which one feels heavier and which one feels
lighter. After the wash is done, have your child sort
his own things into piles that are the same (for example,
T-shirts, socks).
