5 back-to-school home cleaning tips

Back to school is always a crazy time filled with excitement, stress, and routines. However your kids are schooling this year, it’s time to prepare your home for August. Decluttering and cleaning your home will make school morning routines less stressful. Follow these five tips to get your home in order and keep you sane during the next months.

 1. Have a To-Do List

Back to school means buying new uniforms, and materials, preparing meals, organizing schedules, and more. It is best to make a priority list of every little thing you need to do before school starts. This will help you and your family avoid unnecessary stress and hassles.

 2. Tackle kids’ bedrooms

Now that summer is over, it is a good idea to implement decluttering and organization strategies in kids’ rooms that will make everyone’s evenings much better. Try switching out bulky container storage with light, open-topped bins. Donate any toys and clothes the kids no longer need to reduce the amount of clutter. Also, make sure they each have their own hamper so clothes don’t end up all over the floor. 

 3. Organize the entryway

By organizing your entryway, hectic mornings will be a thing of the past. Think about what struggles you personally face in the mornings and organize your entry to fix those problems. You can set up the space with hooks for coats and backpacks, bulletin boards for important papers and lists, a small table for lunch box lineups and quick grab-and-go items, and of course, a bowl for the keys. You’ll thank yourself later.

 4. Have a sanitizing station

It’s important to set up a sanitizing station, particularly if your children are heading back to the classroom. Make sure your kids have clean face masks each day, disinfectant gel, wipes, etc. 

 5. Tackle chores as a family

Get everyone involved with chores and organizing, this will help foster children’s feelings of responsibility for their household. Give the youngest easy tasks and more challenging ones to teens. To encourage participation you can even incorporate rewards for completing chores.

These easy tips are sure to get your home ready for the back-to-school week and save you time and sanity to really rock the academic year. You can also schedule a deep home cleaning and avoid the stress of cleaning the entire home all by yourself. Contact us today!