{"id":1292,"date":"2010-03-23T01:42:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T01:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-eighty-two-developing-morning-routines-preschoolers\/"},"modified":"2015-06-09T10:40:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T14:40:08","slug":"day-eighty-two-developing-morning-routines-preschoolers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-eighty-two-developing-morning-routines-preschoolers\/","title":{"rendered":"day eighty-two: developing morning routines preschoolers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cMom said she set the timer for half an hour, but I think she made a mistake. Finally, I got to get up, and I made my bed.\u201d from \u201cJonathan\u2019s Journal\u201d<\/strong><\/span>

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I have talked in length on this blog about Preventive Parenting\u2014doing those behaviors ahead of time that cause things to go more smoothly with our children later\u2014giving children the expectations ahead of time, discussing things with our kids in order to create \u201clearning hooks\u201d that our children can relate back to in future situations, setting up workable schedules and routines that provide consistency and predictability for our children, and more. Today\u2019s excerpt from \u201cJonathan\u2019s Journal\u201d is more about those Preventive Parenting ideals.<\/span>

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First of all, this excerpt reiterates what I described a couple of days ago\u2014that parents, not the child, determine the child\u2019s schedule. Again, this provides safety for the child (i.e. as in the child not being up unsupervised at night or in the mornings), but it also provides predictability for the child\u2014and a framework for Mom to build her schedule around. How can Mom possibly know if she is going to have an hour to get kids up and ready, spend time talking, and put them on the bus if she doesn\u2019t know when the littles will be up demanding her time and attention? Likewise, how can a homeschooling Mom know that she will have thirty minutes for Bible and character before her olders start their chores if the preschoolers and toddlers may or may not be up and around?<\/span>

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Secondly, today\u2019s section of the story reveals Jonathan doing something as soon as he gets up: making his bed. This was the first part of Jonathan\u2019s \u201cmorning routine\u201d\u2014a Preventive Parenting tip that I discussed for all ages of children\u2014and for those who go to school as well as those who are homeschooled. <\/span>

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At Jonathan\u2019s age in the story (age five or so), he had the same exact morning routine every morning\u2014\u201cmess, dress, room, groom\u201d:<\/span>

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1. Mess\u2014he had to clean up any messes he had from the previous night\u2014water cups and story tapes away; make bed; etc.<\/span>

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2. Dress\u2014he had to get dressed for the day; put away his pajamas; etc.<\/span>

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3. Room\u2014he had to clean his room<\/span>

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4. Groom\u2014he had to brush his teeth, wash up, etc.<\/span>

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As the children got older, we added to this\u2014a private devotional time in which non-readers listened to Bible story tapes and\/or looked at picture Bibles and older children had picture Bibles (or Family Bible Library described in an earlier post https:\/\/positiveparenting3-6-5.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/reviews ) assigned to them. <\/span>

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Additionally, we usually attached the first family chore session of the day following the morning routine. Thus, all children had one or more morning chore to do. (Stay with us\u2014in several days, I will share a complete list of daily chore ideas and age appropriateness for them.)<\/span>

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Tomorrow we will continue with the next few lines of \u201cJonathan\u2019s Journal\u201d\u2014and discuss rewards and praise.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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