With a family of 5 laundry can get totally overwhelming. That’s why it’s Teaching Kids to do Laundry is so important. They can learn to help out! This is a sponsored post.

I swear my kids wear five outfits a day. Even though I work from home, I work nearly full time hours, which doesn’t leave time for me to do all the chores. I’ve learned to get a handle on the laundry with the help of the kids. Plus, studies have shown that kids who do chores grow up to be more responsible adults.
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Stages for Teaching Kids to do Laundry
We have 3 stages:
- The Sorter
- The Folder
- The Washer

The Sorter
My youngest is 6 years old, and she is an expert laundry sorter. She loves creating patterns and playing with colors, so this is just another fun game in learning. See how she sorts the brights and lights!

The Folder
My tween is about to move up to be another washer, but for now, he’s my expert folder. He can watch a favorite movie or television show and fold, fold, fold that laundry.

The Washer
My teen is soon going to go off to college. My mom taught me how to wash clothes long before I left for college, and I remember helping clueless new students in the laundry room of my dorm. I do not want her to feel that way when she gets to college.
For “the washer,” I have put together an easy printable to remind them what to do. My 16-year-old is fearful of messing up the laundry, so she can easily refer to this adorable printable I’ve hung up on the laundry room wall.

We have always been a very green-loving family. We used cloth diapers on all the kids. We choose our electricity company based on renewable energy. Most of our trash is recycled, and we use a bigger recycle can than our trash can. And, I try to buy products friendly to the environment, from their packaging to how they’re made. One I just switched to is the NEW! Tide purclean™.

I easily found it at Target. My youngest and I made a quick run to Target after getting home from a whirlwind weekend road trip to the flat lands of Lubbock, TX. Seriously, we had tumbleweeds blowing across the road! We dropped off everyone else and all the luggage, and we ran over to Target just before closing time to grab essentials like milk, bread, and Tide purclean™ to wash the suitcase full of dirty clothes we brought back. Somehow my basket also filled up with fun stuff from the dollar section and toys my 6 year old could not live without.
You can feel good about lessening your carbon footprint with Tide purclean™ and still fight those stains on all your laundry! It did the same amazing job that regular Tide did with our clothes. All the stains gone! Plus, it smells amazing! I love grabbing a fresh towel out of the dryer after washing it in this NEW Tide purclean™. It smells so good!
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And just because I love printables for decorating, I went ahead and made up a set of 3. I just used dollar store frames and have an instant laundry room redo.
More Free Kids Teaching Printables
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- Free Kids Printable Punch Cards
- Free Preschool Grocery Store Printable Game
- How to Teach Math to Preschoolers
- How to teach Letter Recognition to Preschoolers
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18 comments
I am impressed with Tide! Way to go to be environmentally conscious! It is so important for big companies to do this!
I do believe that stat about kids who do chores grow up more responsible. It’s our job to teach ’em, might as well make it part of the every day routine. 🙂
I love these printables. I think they’re a great way to help the kids learn. We’re not going to be around to do their laundry forever.
i totally need to teach my kids to do laundry. I’m always stuck doing a zillion loads by myself.
We recycle and use reusable bags. This new Tide looks really awesome, so I will have to check it out next time I am at Target!
Thanks for the printables. It is definitely time to start teaching the kids to do the laundry. It is never ending!
Great printable! my 10 year old daughter loves helping with laundry, but now I’m trying to get my 13 year old son to take initiative with his laundry – not exactly working!
Awesome post and thanks for the printable! My mom started teaching me how to do laundry when I was 9 years old and I’ll do the same for my kids.
I think it is super important for kids to learn how to do household chores around the house. I have taught both of my teens and my 5-year-old will help put the laundry in washer or dryer. My daughter wasn’t happy about having to help but after she moved out, she learned that it was a valuable skill to have. 🙂
These are great tips. It’s very important to start them early. Thanks for sharing the printables.
this is so great! i really need to try this out.
When my daughter went off to college, she was amazed at how many kids couldn’t do their own laundry. This is one of those lessons that ALL kids need to have!
I think it is important for kids to learn all the basic life skills. Doing laundry and helping with the cooking have been on my kids chore list since they were big enough to reach.
Tide is our trusted brand when it comes to laundry detergent. I haven’t tried the purclean yet though. Would certainly love to go green.
Great tips!!!! I honestly cannot wait for the day I can get my daughter to help with the laundry lol. Just a few more years 😉
My son is 5 and I recently started getting him to help me do the laundry every time. He evens hands the clothes to me as I hang them on the clothesline. Sometimes he does it grudgingly, but he does it, lol.
I couldn’t agree more that kids need to be more involved in house hold chores, my thinking is we all use it so let’s help. If moms not gonna be able to relax no one is…. Well for something.
Teaching kids is far more than a responsibility. My daughter really loves cooking and she is just 8. The kitchen gets so messy when she is cooking but that’s part of her learning and i appreciate that. Nice share, thanks