I discovered a long time ago that constantly telling the kids to pick their trash up off the floor wasn't working. So I made a game out of it. It's called the "Magic Piece of Paper". In short, I sing the following song while the kids scramble to pick up that one piece of paper that will earn them a sticker for their reward chart. What I really do is let them clean the floor spotless, and at the last second choose a child who picks up that last errant miniscule dust particle as the Winner. Voila! I have a clean floor!
The "Magic Piece of Paper" Song
(Tune: "If You're Happy and You Know It")
There's a magic piece of paper on the floor
There's a magic piece of paper on the floor
There's a magic piece of paper
There's a magic piece of paper
There's a magic piece of paper on the floor
