Cleaning Clothes

What Are We Learning About This Week?

We use a washing machine to wash and clean our laundry.

This Week’s Big Questions

Tell me what you know about doing the laundry and washing clothes. What do you need to do first? What do you need to do after you dry the clothing?

Fun at Home

Encourage your child to help you with the laundry. Describe the steps like sorting by color, adding detergent, drying, and folding.

Show Me! Our Words of the Week

Say It:
Clothes

Explain It:
Clothes are the things worn on our bodies. Plats, shirts, and dresses are all types of clothes.

Talk About It:
Describe the clothes.

Say It:
Laundry

Explain It:
Laundry is clothes, sheets, or other things that need to be washed or have been washed.

Talk About It:
Is this laundry clean or dirty? How can you tell?

Say It:
Washing Machine

Explain It:
A washing machine is a machine or device that washes, or cleans, dirty laundry.

Talk About It:
How does a washing machine clean our dirty clothing?