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Do your whole morning routine

Dress, wash, eat and pack your bag by yourself.

By 9 or 10, many children can run their whole school-morning routine on their own: get up, dress, wash, eat and pack. You stay around, but you stop directing each step.

Try this week with your kids

Noki suggests a first week of quests and rewards for your kids. You change what you like before you start.

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Why it matters

Owning the full routine is a big confidence boost for tweens and frees parents from repeating the same reminders every day.

Steps for kids

  1. Get up and make your bed.
  2. Wash, brush your teeth and get dressed.
  3. Eat breakfast and clear your plate.
  4. Check your bag and put on your shoes.
  5. Be ready at the door on time.

How to teach it by age

  • Ages 9 to 10

    Write the routine together. They follow it with 1 check from you.

  • Ages 11 to 12

    They run it alone, including their own alarm and breakfast.