http://www.highcountryparent.com/keep-morning-peaceful-with-a-nightly-routine/ Family Friendly Information and Fun Near Boone, NC Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:43:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.highcountryparent.com/keep-morning-peaceful-with-a-nightly-routine/#comment-4101 Get Your Kids to Do What You Ask : Real Life Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:52:49 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=412#comment-4101 [...] charts and checklists with pictures on the wall with the tasks assigned to the child. Here is a good example that I created with Microsoft Word and some clip [...] [...] charts and checklists with pictures on the wall with the tasks assigned to the child. Here is a good example that I created with Microsoft Word and some clip [...]

]]> http://www.highcountryparent.com/keep-morning-peaceful-with-a-nightly-routine/#comment-4100 Ask the Mom Squad: Get Your Kids to Do What You Ask | High Country Mom Squad: Family Friendly Fun Near Boone, NC Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:16:52 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=412#comment-4100 [...] charts and checklists with pictures on the wall with the tasks assigned to the child.  Here is a good example that I created with Microsoft Word and some clip [...] [...] charts and checklists with pictures on the wall with the tasks assigned to the child.  Here is a good example that I created with Microsoft Word and some clip [...]

]]> http://www.highcountryparent.com/keep-morning-peaceful-with-a-nightly-routine/#comment-4099 Sarah Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:23:38 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=412#comment-4099 Great tips, everyone! Thanks for chiming in! Great tips, everyone! Thanks for chiming in!

]]> http://www.highcountryparent.com/keep-morning-peaceful-with-a-nightly-routine/#comment-4098 Rhonda Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:19:31 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=412#comment-4098 Nightly routines make happier families in the morning. As a kindergarten teacher, families that have routines at night tend to have happier, prepared children as they enter the classroom. I hope many moms will take this checklist and use it with their children. You are creating an environment for your children to become responsible and successful in school. Thanks Sarah! Nightly routines make happier families in the morning. As a kindergarten teacher, families that have routines at night tend to have happier, prepared children as they enter the classroom. I hope many moms will take this checklist and use it with their children. You are creating an environment for your children to become responsible and successful in school. Thanks Sarah!

]]> http://www.highcountryparent.com/keep-morning-peaceful-with-a-nightly-routine/#comment-4097 Jennifer Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:19:29 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=412#comment-4097 Another great addition to the list (I don't know if this is more the mom or the teacher in me) is to pack bookbags in the evening and place them by the door ready to go. When homework is finished, notes & reading logs are signed, books are loaded, and the most important item for sharing time is selected, all before bedtime, the rush-out-the-door mornings seem to go sooooo much smoother. Another great addition to the list (I don’t know if this is more the mom or the teacher in me) is to pack bookbags in the evening and place them by the door ready to go. When homework is finished, notes & reading logs are signed, books are loaded, and the most important item for sharing time is selected, all before bedtime, the rush-out-the-door mornings seem to go sooooo much smoother.

]]> http://www.highcountryparent.com/keep-morning-peaceful-with-a-nightly-routine/#comment-4096 Kristi Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:07:57 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=412#comment-4096 I agree, we have to go by a schedule. The routine is key, especially with 3 kids (2nd, 5th, 8th grades). I don't have a schedule checklist right now (I have in the past), it seems to work great for one child and not so good for the other two. One part of the bedtime routine is to start it early enough to get in bed on time, especially with 3 kids and various baths & showers to be taken, hair to dry, etc. (BTW, I am not a morning person either!) I agree, we have to go by a schedule. The routine is key, especially with 3 kids (2nd, 5th, 8th grades). I don’t have a schedule checklist right now (I have in the past), it seems to work great for one child and not so good for the other two. One part of the bedtime routine is to start it early enough to get in bed on time, especially with 3 kids and various baths & showers to be taken, hair to dry, etc. (BTW, I am not a morning person either!)

]]> http://www.highcountryparent.com/keep-morning-peaceful-with-a-nightly-routine/#comment-4095 Susan Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:08:22 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=412#comment-4095 I have a 1st grader and a second grader! We have a similar night routine but another great idea for older kids is for them to have their own alarm clock. The kids always remind me to set it for them and they like having that feel of being more grown up. If all else fails and I hit snooze too many times then I have them running into my room telling me to get up and turn off their clocks! I have a 1st grader and a second grader! We have a similar night routine but another great idea for older kids is for them to have their own alarm clock. The kids always remind me to set it for them and they like having that feel of being more grown up. If all else fails and I hit snooze too many times then I have them running into my room telling me to get up and turn off their clocks!

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