Picture this: It's laundry day. The dryer buzzes, you dump a mountain of clothes onto the bed, and somehow, without fail, every single sock ends up loose and unpaired at the bottom of the basket. Now picture your students' faces when you write √72 on the board. That same feeling of quiet overwhelm. Here's the good news: if your students are struggling with simplifying radicals, the laundry basket is the bridge they've been waiting for.