Establishing A Morning Routine
As part of “The Organised Housewife’s 20 Day Challenge” we are establishing some new routines in our house. When I say new I really mean adjusted. We are busy, routines in our house have been hard to maintain due to the fact that some mornings we need to be ready by 7.30 (my work days) some days I need to get “presentable” to go to work and others we have a bit more time and flexibility. But we need routines! We are early risers in our house, but we also have to leave early. I leave for work at 7.30am and Master O starts school at 8.15am.
Bearing all this in mind we have developed TWO different routines in our household. Here is what I wanted to achieve
- Time for sightword revision (this means it is fresh in his mind for the school day ahead)
- Time for some housework
- Time for childrens chores
- Limited TV time
- Dedicated upstairs and downstairs time (we have a two storey house and to be efficient we need to limit the amount of traipsing up and down stairs!)
- Lunch preparation (I like to do this on the day)
Morning Routine – Work Day
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ME |
KIDS |
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5.30am |
Wake, Coffee, Diary, Lunches |
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6.00am |
Dishwasher, Prepare Breakfast, |
Wake, Milk ,Quiet play |
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6.15am |
Breakfast |
Breakfast |
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6.30am |
Tidy Kitchen |
Sightwords |
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Go Upstairs |
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6.45am |
Dressed – Me |
Teeth, Face – Dressed Child 1 |
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7.00am |
Dress Child 2 |
Dressed – Child 2 |
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Go Downstairs |
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7.20am |
Defrost Dinner |
Pack School Bag |
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7.30am |
Leave |
TV Time |
Morning Routine – Non Work Day
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ME |
KIDS |
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5.30am |
Wake, Coffee, Diary, Lunches, Washing On |
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6.00am |
Dishwasher Prepare Breakfast |
Wake, Milk ,Quiet play |
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6.15am |
Breakfast |
Breakfast |
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6.30am |
Tidy Kitchen
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Sightwords
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Go Upstairs |
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6.45am |
Dressed – Me |
Teeth, Face – Dressed Child 1 |
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7.00am |
Dress Child 2 |
Tidy Room – Child 1 Dressed – Child 2 |
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Go Downstairs |
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7.20am |
Defrost Dinner |
Pack School Bag |
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7.30am |
Washing Out |
Morning Jobs |
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7.45 |
One Room Tidy |
TV Time |
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8.00 |
Leave |
Leave |
Some notes! I had to find a time for MasterO to do his sight words! So I incorporated tidying the kitchen into the task! He can sit at the bench and say his words for me while I tidy! Multi task!!!
TV TIME – On Work days I leave at 7.30 and the “nanny” arrives. This means that if he is ready and all jobs are done Master O can have about 15 minutes TV Time. We are very lucky to have Foxtel so I record selected appropriate shows. These shows also have no ads and each episode is less than 15 minutes long. Some I recommend are…
- Team Umi Zoomi (Maths)
- Ni Hao Kai Lan (Chinese) – Master O learns Chinese at school
- Number Jacks (Maths)
- Bubble Guppies (English)
- Little Einsteins (Music/Art)