Toy overload

[playfelt]

One thing that helps is the idea of centres where certain toys are played with in certain areas only. Too often one way to set up is shelves and bins around the perimeter of the room with lots of floor space in the centre. The result is by the end of play every toy is in the middle of the room. By moving the stuff away from the wall and keeping some things confined like blocks to a certain area or playhouse in one corner it at least limits what is out of place since even piled on the floor in the block corner it still looks more or less clean.

Another option is to have some stuff on shelves that are out of reach. Then if a child wants a toy you get it for them but either they have to give it back to you when they are done or they have to trade as in you put down some toys each day and switch them out but unlike an actual toy rotation system everythign is available as wanted. This means putting down say one stacking toy, one sorting toy but if a child plays with that one and wants another one they are traded so there is only one stacking toy down which means only one to pick up if it ends up on the floor.