People have swept floors with brooms for thousands of years.
Old brooms were just bundles of twigs tied to a stick. The flat, tidy broom we know was invented much later.
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The first vacuum cleaner was so big it was pulled by a horse.
More than 100 years ago it stood outside the house. Long tubes reached through the windows to clean inside.
Bubbles in soapy water help lift dirt away as you scrub.
Soap loosens grease and grime so water can rinse it off. The bubbles show the soap is doing its job.
Feather dusters work because dust sticks to their fluffy tips.
Tiny bits of dust cling to the soft feathers. You can shake them off outside afterwards.
A mop uses a wet, soft head to wipe sticky floors clean.
The mop soaks up spills and lifts dirt from the floor. Then you wring it out and the dirty water drips away.
A vacuum cleaner sucks up dust using fast-moving air.
A little fan pulls air and dust into a bag or box. The dust stays trapped inside so the floor is clean.
A broom sweeps dust into a pile so you can scoop it up.
The stiff bristles drag dirt along the floor. Then a dustpan collects it all in one place.