https://www.allmer.de/blog/tags/productivity/Recent content in Productivity on Blogging aCross DomainsHugoen-usMon, 26 Oct 2026 17:08:06 +0100https://www.allmer.de/blog/misc/cleanup-songs/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.allmer.de/blog/misc/cleanup-songs/<div class="abstract"> In an episode of the Diary of a CEO, neuroscientist Dr. Sahar Yousef explains why cleanup songs work so well with little kids: the song has a clear beginning and a clear end, the kids know it will end, and so they become goal-oriented and speed up, especially towards the end. I made 48 [tidy-up timer songs](https://www.allmer.de/blog/misc/tidy-up-timer-songs/) for kids in English, German, and <a href="https://www.allmer.de/blog/blog/books/rampen/preface/" class="auto-link">Dutch</a>, so I wanted to know whether this holds up in the peer-reviewed <a href="https://www.allmer.de/blog/blog/assessments/" class="auto-link">literature</a>. <ol> <li> <p>Is there a study showing that cleanup songs make kids tidy faster?</p>