That say is easy to say, but hard to follow. Especially with children.
It never fails. It is time to go and someone can't find something. A shoe, a book, their jacket, whatever it is that they need, they can't find. And it always happens when it is time to go; not during the ten minutes before hand when I tell them to get ready.
Most of our activities take place in the evening, so they do not typically need to get ready the night before. The morning of works for us, most days.
One of my goals this month, is to help my kids remember to put things away so they can find them when they need them. And to be ready when it is time to go.
Do yall where shoes in the house? If not a tub or bench like I have, to put shoes in when you come through the door. It may take a few days or weeks to get then used to putting them there, but it takes 21 days to change a habit. After time has gone by and they still do it, then they should go around and do a clean sweep of the house to put things back where they go, alittle extreme I know but you get the idea.
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