I have mostly after school children (ages 6 -9). My play room is upstairs in my bonus room and this is where I keep most of the toys. I bought two large wall units from Ikea and labelled the toy bins to help keep the toys organized. I keep telling the kids that if they take dump out a toy bin, they need to pick the toys up when they are done. BUT THEY DON"T!! I need to stay on the main floor with the two year old and because I have other kids dropped off at different times after school. I keep trying to look over the playroom before the kids get picked up, but I never seem to have the time to do this and before I know it, the kids are gone and the playroom is a mess! When I send the kids up to clean up the toys, they just throw stuff in any old toy bin, despite the labels (they can read the label, plus the labels have pictures)
is this just part of the job? Is it normal to feel overwhelmed when I clean up the mess?