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Week 03 · Laundry, Start to Finish

Friday

Put away by owner
// Sort, read the tag, wash with a grown-up, fold, put away
⏱ about 15 min

Friday: Put away by owner

Freddy the Frog hops onto the lily pad stage. "Friday review! The laundry chain is almost done."

Bennie the Bear points at three stacks. "Folded. But whose is whose?" Rosie the Rabbit holds up a small sock. "Not Bennie's!" Everyone laughs.

Freddy nods. "Last step. Sort by owner. One pile for each person. Then each pile goes to that person's room." Rosie cheers. "Sort, tag, wash, fold, put away! Bennie did the whole chain!"

What we learned this week

  1. Sort by color: whites, darks, colors. Check pockets and zip zippers.
  2. Read the care tag: tub, hand, square, X. Sort heavy and gentle things apart.
  3. The grown-up runs the washer and dryer. You load, hand over and plan the time.
  4. Elapsed time: start time plus how long equals finish time.
  5. Fold on a flat surface: towel, shirt, pants. Stack by kind.

The last link: by owner

Folded laundry is not done until it is put away. The fastest way is to sort by owner first.

Make one pile per person. Size is a big clue. Small socks belong to small people. Then carry each pile to that person's room.

Put your own clothes in your drawers by kind, as you learned in Week 2. Ask before you open anyone else's drawers.

  1. Look at each folded piece. Decide whose it is.
  2. Make one pile per person.
  3. Carry each pile to that person's room.
  4. Put your own clothes in your drawers by kind.
  5. Leave other people's piles on their bed, or ask where they go.
FREDDY'S REVIEW
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What is the very first step of laundry?
What does a hand in a tub on a care tag mean?
Who runs the washer and dryer?
A load starts at 1:00 and takes 45 minutes. When is it done?

The whole chain

Laundry is a chain. Each link leads to the next. Skip one and the chain breaks.

Here is the chain in order. Say it out loud until you can do it without looking.

THE LAUNDRY CHAIN
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
11
22
33
44
55
What do you sort by before putting laundry away?
What is a big clue about whose clothes they are?
What should you do before opening someone else's drawers?
StatementTrue or false?
Laundry is done when it is folded.?
Size is a clue to whose clothes they are.?
You may open anyone's drawers without asking.?
Rosie cheers for Bennie finishing the whole chain.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEPutting away is part of the job. Asking first keeps other people's rooms theirs.
How many links are in the laundry chain?
WHY THIS EXERCISEFive links, start to finish. You can do four of them, and help with the fifth.
Try it
Take the stacks you folded yesterday.
Sort them by owner. Carry each pile to the right room.
Put your own clothes away by kind.

Week 3 is done, Helper! Rosie is cheering for you. Tomorrow is Family Helper Day: one load, start to finish, with your grown-up.

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