When keeping your house, advice from a mouse

a poem story teaching a child how to clean their room

“When keeping your house

Nice and neat”, said the mouse

“pick just one room

Sing a nice tune

And follow what I espouse . . .

 

First, clean up in layers

With the floor and stairs

See what’s shiny

Grab what’s tiny

Have fun, do it with flair

 

Put the clothes into a pile

Using artistic style

Grab all your toys

Young girls and boys

See! Carpet and tile!

 

 

 

 

With the floor’s clean and nice

Oh, please take my advice

Drop all those toys

Young girls and boys

Into an organizing device

 

Put your alphabet blocks

And your favorite stuffed fox

Your dolls and cars

Your wishing stars

 All into the big toy box

 

Shelve all your books

About gobbledygook

Time to attack

That puzzle rack

There . .  in all of those nooks

 

Your bed’s messy, unmade

Sheets and pillows mislaid

Bottom to top

Pull them, don’t stop

Let the blanket cascade

 

Now, hang all your clean clothes

In the closet they go

Shirts on this side

Pants right beside

And your shoes all in one row

 

The mouse’s direction

Of cleaning in sections

Makes smiles gleam

Your pride will beam

Seeking your room’s perfection

 

Today’s lesson is clear

You have nothing to fear

“cleaning your house,

Boasted the mouse

With delight’s happy cheer

 

When your room’s a cyclone

By defining the zone

Clothes, bed, and toys

Young girls and boys

You can clean it all on your own!!!