The girl took a small cardboard puzzle she had done and threw all the pieces all over the floor. I demanded she pick it up and put the mess away into its box. She refused, saying the box was a bed for another toy. I told her, fine. If I have to pick it up, I'm just throwing it away.
Ok.
Okay then. Do you want to throw it out or should I
You do it, please.
I'm throwing it out now.
I pick it all up and throw it in the recycling bin while she watches.
Two minutes later she find a piece which fell under a rug Oh!
Throw it out then.
Big grin Okay!
And she cheerfully takes it over to the bin and throws it out.
This happened twice more, all with as happy a result. Somehow I had more in mind to teach her if she does not clean up she'll lose her toys, not if she doesn't clean up she gets to throw things in the bin. Not the effect I was going for
