Messy (destructive?!) play and toy organisation
I'm after some help from all you lovely, wise, experienced CM's please!
I tend to have all the toys out all the time so children can pick and choose, i really like it this way because they never know what might take their fancy so everything is there just to pick and play with as and when they choose. HOWEVER my son loves to tip out each and every box and gets my other mindees involved, they love creating a huge mess, all the while they are talking and playing and making up scenarios etc but the whole place just becomes a tip very quickly. They are too young to understand that they will have to tidy it up after so i end up doing it - over and over again! Its driving me just a little bit mad! I dont know if its boredom, or a stage or a type of learning but i need it to stop! So im thinking of paring down the toys available so there is less to chuck about although i am not keen on this i think its the only way forward. How do you all do it? If i just had mindees this is definitely the approach i would take but as its my sons home too i feel he should have access to all his toys all the time but its just not proving practical. I was going to make some picture cards thye could choose their toys from but dont know if they are too young for this? Any ideas/help appreciated!