Organisation & Planning for Little People

🧭 What parents can do

Build one simple routine at a time — a bedtime checklist, a school-bag checklist — and let the child tick the boxes. Planning grows from "what comes next?" questions.

🪜 Step-by-step

1. Pick ONE routine to organise
2. Make a 3–5 item checklist together
3. Put it where the child can see it
4. Let the child tick boxes themselves
5. Celebrate a full week of ticks

🏡 Try this activity

Tomorrow map: tonight, ask "what happens tomorrow?" and let your child list the steps in order.

❓ Questions to ask

• “What comes first tomorrow?”
• “What do you need for that?”
• “What is easy to forget?”

⚠️ Common mistakes

Doing the organising for them "because it's faster". The skill is the point, not the speed.

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