Can kids toy organizers help the kids to keep their own toys in order?
Kids toy organizers should be easy to use, helpful for the parents and good for the child. Here is a video of a child experimenting with a prototype of what I believe is one of the better ways of storing toys: I’ve looked long and hard for a toy storage organizer that met the following 10 criteria: • Good interesting toys • Not too many toys (3-6 is sufficient) • Child can see each toy (not piled in a chest) • Each toy has a “home” (child knows where to put each toy when done with it and, consequently, knows where to go to get it when then want it.) • Child must “make a choice” or selection (not just grab everything and dump it out. Also the child shouldn’t have to “discard” some toys to get at the one they are interested in, thus devaluing the toy the have to “toss aside”.) • Child is never faced with cleaning up a huge mess of toys. • Safety • Durability • Decor • PriceElsewhere in this web site I discuss the first 2 criteria. The last 2 depend very much on the parents. Most kids toy
