![]() I did get a few good ideas from Pinterest. Also, I couldn’t find a product online that would meet our needs. I don’t think of myself as a DIY mom, but I realized that investing an hour now could save us many hours throughout the school year if it helped our kids get themselves ready on time. ![]() In our household, both parents work full-time, so getting everyone ready and the kids to school on time is crucial. Experts say children need to “see and feel” the passage of time, and that analog clocks help do this. Once they had had a say in how much time they needed for each task, I knew they would need a visual cue to move from one to the next. Then we worked backwards from the drive to school, to putting on shoes eating breakfast, and getting dressed. We started by talking about how much they enjoy being ready for morning meeting with all of their friends and teachers. Teachers and specialists are always talking about developing kids’ executive functioning, and we were not functioning like executives.Īt dinner one evening, we sat down with the kids and talked about what needed to happen for everyone to get to school/work on time. Sound familiar? Kids need support to follow a scheduleĪfter a few days of chaos, I realized we needed some time managment tools. Things began to snowball, and we found ourselves running out the door right when they should have been arriving at school. I felt like they had forgotten how to put on socks. ![]() but after months at home, we had forgotten about one thing: the morning routine!Īs the school year began, we realized it was difficult to tear our kids away from the legos or get them to the breakfast table on time. We were excited to send the kids back to school for first grade! Bitter-sweet as the start of school can be, we were ready for them to learn in person and for them to be out of the house…. Back to school, back to the morning routine
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