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Visual Routine Cards for Before and After School

by Angela Thayer 8 Comments

We start school this week, which means it’s back to routines! It can be challenging getting back in the swing of things and can make for stressful mornings rushing out the door.

In order to alleviate that, I decided to make visual routine cards for before and after school activities. These would be great to use with children in kindergarten up through 5th grade. In my free printable, I included simple activities that happen in a morning and afternoon routine, such as brushing teeth and making the bed.

routine cards for before and after school

I created these cards to show what a typical routine would look like. You can choose to use whichever ones you’d like and don’t feel like you have to use all of them. I also added blank cards so you can write or draw other activities you’d like to add in.

Before School Routine

The first set of cards is for the morning routine and includes the following:

  • wake up
  • make bed
  • get dressed
  • eat breakfast
  • brush teeth
  • brush hair
  • go to school
  • school

morning routine cards

After School Routine

The second set of cards is for the afternoon/evening routine and includes the following:

  • go home from school
  • playtime
  • homework
  • eat dinner
  • bathtime
  • reading
  • pajamas
  • bedtime

I didn’t include an additional card for brushing teeth, but you could use the same card from the morning set.

afternoon routine cards

Here are some ideas for displaying the visual schedule:

  • place the cards in a pocket chart (like I did in the pictures)
  • add a magnet to the back and place on the refrigerator
  • tape to the wall (use tape that doesn’t take off the wall paint!)
  • place the cards in a notebook

I also encourage you to go over the cards with your child so they understand what they mean. One thing I like to do is to give the cards to my child and then see if they can put it in the order we do it in. To make it fun, we even time each other!

Earlier this year I published a post with a printable for a toddler visual schedule. I’ve been so happy to hear how many of you have been using it! You could definitely use some of these cards in you’d like since they match this style. For example, I have cards for screen time, play dates, appointments, etc. You can grab them on this post.

Visual Schedule for children - free printable

If you’re not sure why you should use a visual schedule, I encourage you to check out this post. She shares 10 awesome reasons for using these types of schedules for establishing routines.

My hope is that this visual schedule helps YOU establish an awesome routine with your kids. The beginning of the school year is a perfect time to start, but really you can do it anytime!

Routine Cards Printable

You can download this printable right here —> Routine Cards

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Filed Under: Kindergarten, Parenting, Printables, Tips for Moms Tagged With: routines, visual schedule

Comments

  1. PLYWOOD says
    August 23, 2018 at 2:18 pm

    Angela Thayer, thanks so much for the post.Really thank you! Great.

    Reply
  2. Matt D. says
    August 25, 2018 at 9:06 pm

    Cute. This is a great way to teach kids create a set of routine. And not just for kids, too. But for anyone getting into a new habit as a simple visual reminder.

    Reply
  3. Curala Dyer says
    August 30, 2018 at 7:47 am

    I am unable to download the daily routine cards. I’ve subcribed for the newsletter twice and I haven’t received any information in being able to access them. Can you please help? Thank you

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      August 30, 2018 at 12:32 pm

      Sure. You just click on the link in the post and it will automatically download. I will email you.

      Reply
  4. Khin May Phyu says
    August 30, 2018 at 9:00 am

    Thank you so much .

    Reply
  5. Ronita says
    June 9, 2019 at 7:07 am

    Dear Angela,

    I had been hunting for routine cards for my child. Either you had to pay up or they were not appropriate.
    Your site is so simple and to the point with very nice cards.
    Thank you soo much.

    Reply
  6. Melissa says
    July 24, 2019 at 1:43 pm

    These are great! I’m going to put them up along with clock cards to show the time for my kindergarten and first grader! Is it possible to buy a few more? I would additionally need chores, outside,snack, feed pets,family time, and screen time. I would make them myself but my poor OCD would go crazy if they did not match =) Thanks!

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      July 25, 2019 at 8:30 pm

      Sure! Send me an email and I’ll help ya out! angela(at)teachingmama(dot)org

      Reply

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