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How to Organize Your Kids Daily Routines

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Summary: Your kid's daily routine has to be organized around the time of day and your personal schedule. Plan routines for the morning, afternoon and night using this free video from a professional nanny about child care.

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By Veronica Baragas
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Veronica Baragas was born and raised in Austin, Texas, and has been working with children and families for more than 10 years. Her experience includes being a full-time nanny, live-in...read more

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"Hi, I'm Veronica Baragas with MyWigglesandGiggles.com, and I would like to share with you how to organize your kids daily routines. So, this can be kind of tricky. There's a lot of things that go in to play. You know, the time of day that you want to execute these routines, whether permitting, and your personal schedule. So, if you do a little bit of planning ahead, you know, whether it be in the morning, the day before, or week to a month in advanced. I would definitely think about the outside play. Morning is definitely key to doing outside, whether it be, you know, at the park, or you know, any kind of art and craft activities, you know, pertaining paint, things like that. The earlier in the day the better. It also helps, you know, keep them very active, which also burns a lot of their energy, could help with nap time. So, if you schedule those for after lunch, when it's time to settle down, you can do more coloring, or puzzles and books, things like that, in the afternoon. So, just depending on what it is that you're in to, you know, take in to part the time of day. And, you know, you're not going to want to have your kid running around and getting all worked up right before, you know, bed time. Or you're not going to want to, you know, take them out when it's super hot during the day. So, and weather permitting. When it's raining, it's, think about schedules, you know, think about activities that are great to do inside. The occasional movie, you know, reading books, imaginary play, things like that, so. And definitely, with your personal schedule, you know, we all have lives ourselves, and it doesn't stop when we have kids. So, take in to part when you want to run your errands, and those are also things that you can do, you know, fit little activities to keep them entertained, and also be able to get your things done during the day. So, keeping a journal, maybe working by calendar, things like that would really help. And, you know, there's no right or wrong way to do it. If they get some type of outdoor play every day, that's great, and a little learning activity is also great. So, just, you know, keeping on schedule and not taking it too hard on yourself is a great way to keep your kids organized on their activities."

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