Top 10 Tips to Keep a Clean House

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Are you looking for tips on how to keep a clean house while homeschooling?

I don’t know about you, but it’s challenging. And if I take a break to concentrate on homeschooling, the kids leave a mess everywhere!

Did I say mess? I mean it’s filthy! Bits and pieces of popcorn on the sofa. Empty glasses with congealed milk are scattered throughout the living room. Shreds of paper poking out from under the chairs.

You Can Keep a Clean House While Homeschooling!

Over the years, I’ve learned that it’s best not to take a break from cleaning to concentrate on homeschooling. It’s important to do a little each day to stay on top of the mess.

So here are my best tips so you can keep a clean house while homeschooling without losing your mind!

1. Stay on top of the dishes to Keep a Clean House

Nothing is worse than walking into the kitchen to find the counters covered with dirty dishes. You can’t mix up pancakes. You can’t fry bacon. The kitchen is a disaster!

The best way to keep a manageable kitchen is to stay on top of the dishes. Toss them into the dishwasher when you’re done eating. Train the kids to walk their dishes into the kitchen and place them in the dishwasher.

After dinner, wash the dishes or start the dishwasher. Don’t let them pile up.

2. One load of laundry a day

Ten awesome tips to keep a clean house while homeschooling!

Do one load of laundry a day. Now, this may change if you have a large family and a small washing machine, then you may need to do two loads of laundry a day. But does it help if you allow the laundry to pile up?

No, it doesn’t! Clothes mold. Toddlers can’t find their favorite shirt. You can’t find the dish towels you need to clean the kitchen!

So wash, dry, fold, and put away the laundry every day. And remember to grab the kids. Little children can run clothing to the appropriate room. Older kids can start, move, and fold the laundry.

You’re not on your own, Mom!

If your kids help you with the laundry now, they’ll know how to wash their clothing at college!

3. Quick tidy of the bathroom daily

Quickly tidy the bathroom each day. I keep a container of disinfectant wipes in the bathroom to make things easy. Just grab a couple of wipes then wipe the sink, counters, and toilet. Remember to give the toilet bowl a quick swish with the toilet brush!

When I was giving my toddler baths, I found the evening was the perfect time to give the bathroom a quick once-over. After all, I was sitting there watching babies in the tub! Otherwise, make it part of your morning routine. Just before or just after your shower is an excellent time.

4. Clean house every evening before dinner

Grab the kids and tidy the house before dinner every night. Small kids can pick up their toys. Older kids can put away their school supplies or sweep and vacuum the house. Run clothing back to the rooms. Hang up coats, put away backpacks

The goal isn’t to make the house immaculate, but rather return the house to a comfortable state so the family can relax in the evening.

5. Make beds before breakfast every morning & tidy bedrooms

Making the beds always gives me a sense of satisfaction. The beds are ready for the evening. No more knotted blankets. No more twisted sheets. My husband and I can go to bed and sleep comfortably!

The very best time to make beds is when you’re getting up. But let’s face it. As parents, we can have little people snuggled into bed with us. I’m not going to wake up my little ones to make the bed!

Instead, I wander back into the bedroom before breakfast to make the beds and do a quick tidy. Made beds help to keep the house clean!

6. Give kids consistent daily chores

I’ve never enjoyed giving the kids a rotating system of chores. It fails every time I’ve tried. Instead, I’ve found giving the kids consistent daily chores works best.

One kid may tidy the bathroom, another child vacuums, while a third takes out the trash. They know what needs to be done, and they get fast at doing it!

All I have to do is say, “Chore time!” and the kids dash off to get their chores done.

7. Turn on lively music when cleaning house

Liven up your chore time by turning on lively music! There’s something motivating about lively music that will encourage kids to get things done and done quickly.

You can let each child pick a different set of music each day or you can use the same motivating piece each day. The advantage of using the same piece each day is that the kids will know they need to do their chores when they hear the music!

8. Schedule 30 minutes a day for the weekly clean

Keep the house clean by scheduling 30 minutes a day to scrub a different section of the house on a weekly basis.

  • Tackle the bathrooms on Monday.
  • Scrub the stove and fridge on Tuesdays.
  • Clean the floors on Wednesdays.
  • Go shopping and run errands on Thursdays.
  • Dust and tidy the house on Fridays.
  • Use Saturdays for washing sheets and towels.
  • Saturdays are also a great day for yard work!

If you grab the kids and work together, it only takes about 20 or 30 minutes to quickly do one weekly cleaning chore each day.

9. Clean as a family

Cleaning shouldn’t fall solely on Mom’s shoulders even if you are the one in charge of seeing that it’s done. Think of yourself as a manager. Organize the kids to give you a hand. Hand out chores and teach the kids how to run a house.

They’ll turn into adults one day. And it’s hard to figure out how to clean and keep a house clean when you’re starting from square one. So instead clean as a family.

10. Find joy in the repetition

Let’s face it. Keeping the house clean is a repetitious chore. It’s never fully done and you have to do it again each day. Instead of stressing and fussing about the endless nature, find joy in the repetition.

Really, you can find joy in the repetition! But it does take an attitude change.

After all, you must change your view of housework from one of drudgery and toil to one of joy!

Meditate on the beauty to be found in housework and find the joy hiding in the cobwebs!

Turn on your favorite music during chore time. Have a child help you in the kitchen and chat as you work. And have a bit of fun cleaning the house!

And this is just what I did. Turned on lively music, grabbed the kids, and got the house back in order!

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One Comment

  1. Great tips; many of which (when I follow) work great! I find the hardest thing is when something throws off the cleaning routine like a holiday or illness that it can take a little longer than I’d like to get back to cleaning just a bit here and there everyday. I do rope my kids into helping and I give them rotating chores but we only rotate once every few months so they really master each job before trying a new job and I don’t have to re-train as often. I pinned this and wanted to let you know that I co- host a weekly linky party called Love to Learn that we’d love to see you link up with.

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