Toys and play are very important in our household. There are 5 children, which means we have quite a bit of a collection of toys between birthday presents and gifts from grandparents; it’s more than enough. I have been rotating toys for the past few years now, and I have found it is so much easier to clean up, along with my children actually playing with them, when there are fewer toys. So today I would like to share with you our March toy rotation.
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Less is more
When it comes to storing our toys, we use this huge handmade wooden chest that we found at a thrift store. I used to display all of our toys like in a Waldorf setting, but I found my children really had a hard time organizing them back to how I had them. Since getting the chest, it’s been so much easier to clean, and it only holds a certain amount of toys, which is a win in my book.
For each toy rotation, I always try to have something that is open-ended, which in our March toy rotation is our Magnet Tiles, along with wooden blocks we made from a tree branch. My children specifically asked for them this month. I always put different puzzles in our toy box, too.
This month I brought out our well loved doctor kit, our wooden train set, and a Barbie Chelsea closet that was a new toy we received. I also brought out some of our Chelsea dolls to go with it for my children to play with.
Themed Kitchen
This year, I am implementing a themed kitchen for our kitchen set each month. This was one toy that was always out, and I feel gets forgotten about. So, for our March toy rotation, I decided on making a soup restaurant for my children out of the kitchen. We made a menu and signs, and just used different kitchen toys we already had. I added some books I thought would be good to go with our kitchen this month. I chose O’Sullivan Stew, Mouse Soup, and Eating the Alphabet. This has turned into a fun adventure this month.
How do you handle toys in your home? Do you have a toy rotation system?
