I did this every day until one day I saw him using the litter box.
You will want to train your kitten to use the litter box on his first day at home.
If you plan to keep your kitten in a crate for more than a few minutes at a time, you will need a litter box that will fit in the crate.
Kittens are very easily litter trained, but you will want to have something on hand to clean up after your kitten just in case he has an accident, and for cleaning the litter box.
How many times have you scooped out your cat's litter box and thought to yourself, "There's got to be a better way to handle this"?