I used to think a good morning routine meant getting everything done in the right order. Get dressed.Eat breakfast.Find shoes.Leave the house. It’s a predictable routine, everyone knows what comes next. What could go wrong? As you’re here reading this, I’m sure you are already picking holes in all these tasks. You can have the…
Do you have a list as long as your arm of things to do every morning? Does it include spending ten minutes negotiating with your toddler to get dressed, only to compromise with something completely inappropriate? Then nagging them to sit at the table and eat something… before eventually giving in and handing over the…
While the summer holidays sometimes bring on that dreaded feeling of, “How am I going to entertain the children for six weeks?”, after months of rushing to get everyone out of the door, it’s also lovely to have mornings that feel slower. I can actually take the time to sit and play with the kids…
Playful summer activities to help toddlers practise dressing, breakfast and morning routines before school starts — plus a free Morning Routine Games Starter Kit. The summer holidays have a funny way of changing our routines. Bedtimes get a little later, breakfast happens whenever everyone’s hungry, pyjamas somehow stay on until lunchtime. But I don’t think…
If your mornings with toddlers and preschoolers sometimes feel like a constant stream of: “Put your clothes on…” “Come and eat your breakfast…” “We need to leave!” …I know exactly how you feel! This has been mine countless times and it’s exactly how Toddler Tasks began. I’m a mum of two, and I found that…
