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1. Routines will reduce stress and anxiety for you and your child. Enjoy less nagging, whining, and arguing for all things under the sun because your child can predict how things are going to go. Providing a visual routine with a schKIDule communicates at the child's level and ensures you're both on the same page.
2. Routines will help to avoid some power struggles. The more solid, predictable, and accurately communicated the system you build, the less open it is for interpretation. When children recognize an inconsistency, they will try to take advantage of it.
3. Routines help your child learn to do something almost automatically. As your child's mind begins to cluster certain activities (use the potty, wash hands) you will notice they begin to do mini routines automatically.
4. Routines allow your child to be more independent and self-managing.
5. Routines establish clear expectations. Need I say more?
6. Routines reduce how often you have to play "bad guy". They become their own entity and you are simply the oversight to make sure it happens. The schKIDule board accomplishes this beautifully. If mom says it, they've already tuned out. But if the schKIDule shows it, suddenly they want to do it!
7.Visual routines give children a more tangible understanding of the passing of time. Whether it's the toddler activity clock visually explaining the sequence of lunch; then nap; then park, or the weekly board showing how many more wake ups until grandma visits, a visual schedule assists in the understanding of time.
8. Routines help children learn to anticipate what is next and to understand sequence of events. The repetition of routines encourages your baby's memory development. Additionally the consistency makes her feel safe and relaxed.
9. Routines make a child feel secure. Children are often not the deciders of what they are going to do, instead things often happen TO them. If what happens to them occurs in a loosely predictable pattern, they will trust their surroundings more. On the other hand, if they have no ability to anticipate what's next and feel their days filled with arbitrary actions out of their control things will be more difficult on them AND you.
10. Routines help life run more smoothly and foster good habits and behaviors in children. For example, bedtime might be a difficult time for your child because it's hard to wind down or let go of the desire to be with parents. Once your child learns that the bedtime routine begins with saying goodnight to the doggies, followed by up the stairs, brush teeth, potty, pjs, book, hugs, tuck in and "dont let the bed bugs bite", he/she will have time to absorb the idea that the day is over, will come to expect the routine's consistency and will therefore be less likely to put up a fuss trying to change it.
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