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Children at Happitots Day Nursery in Garrowhill, Glasgow,have been learning to tidy up the fun way We used to experience the same difficulties as many other nurseries when it came to encouraging the children to tidy up at the end of the day. Staff would be rushed off their feet trying to clear away and it'd be really difficult to involve the children. Now that's all changed and we've discovered a great way to make tidy-up time fun.

We used to experience the same difficulties as many other nurseries when it came to encouraging the children to tidy up at the end of the day. Staff would be rushed off their feet trying to clear away and it'd be really difficult to involve the children. Now that's all changed and we've discovered a great way to make tidy-up time fun.

About three months ago a staff member suggested using songs to encourage the children. We decided to give it a go and chose the 'Hi-ho' and 'Whistle While You Work' songs from 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'. The children were familiar with the tunes and the film, and they understood that when the music played, it was time to start tidying.

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