SEL worksheet · Responsibility and good choices

Tidy Up: What Goes Where?

A grown-up reads nine things left on the floor, and kids decide where each goes: the toy bin, the bookshelf or the laundry basket.

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Grade level
Grades K–2
Time
About 15 minutes
Answer key
Yes, page 2 of the PDF
Kids practice
Responsibility, Honesty, Routines, Owning mistakes

What kids do

Printed on the sheet:

  1. Grown-ups: read each thing out loud. Kids write its number in the place where it belongs.
  2. Write each number where it goes.
  3. 2. a picture book
  4. 5. a library book
  5. 7. a teddy bear
  6. 8. a comic book
  7. Draw your room all tidy.

Teacher tip

Ask kids to tidy one spot in the classroom right after.

How to use it

  • Praise kids who own a mistake without being asked.
  • Use it at the start of a new routine, like packing up.
  • Read scenarios aloud for younger kids and let them answer with a drawing.

Watch for

Home jobs differ a lot between families. Keep examples open so no one feels singled out.

Talk about it

  • Who counts on you?
  • How might someone else see it differently?

Take it further

Send home a family job chart to match the sheet.

US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.

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