Free Printable Kids Daily Routine Charts to Form Independent Kids

This week, I’m excited to share a new system we started at our home. These Free Printable Kids Daily Routine Charts to Form Independent Kids are an easy-to-start daily routine system that helps kids know what’s expected both morning and after school. It builds independence, accountability, and responsibility (no more constant reminders). I’ve created these free printable kids’ daily routine charts (that come with 5 different sheets that work together for the perfect system). You can use these to build a smooth morning, daytime, and after-school routine for your busy homeschool family.

If you have kids like mine (and I find most are), you probably have to repeat yourself 100 times a day. Even for the basic things – “Did you put your socks on?” That’s one of the main reasons I wanted to create a system that laid out the day’s expectations. Especially as a homeschool mom, creating a morning routine, a school routine, and an evening routine is huge. Doing it in a way where the burden isn’t all on me is even better.

These printable routine charts with rewards have it all. They have a morning routine chart. They have a jobs chart to keep track of chores or school work they need to finish throughout the day. They have an end-of-the-day checklist to confirm they met all expectations before vegging out. And there’s even a fun sticker chart for rewards throughout it all. These charts go hand in hand with getting organized on your Free Homeschool Planner.

How To Use Each Page of the Free Printable Kids’ Daily Routine Charts

The beauty of homeschooling is finding what works for your family. That’s also why I give you the option of downloading my version of the routine charts or downloading a blank version to make it your own. If you’re someone who wants an already established system, take some time to read through my ideas for each sheet below.

The best method for use is to laminate your sheets and use a whiteboard marker to write on them. That way, you don’t have to print new ones every day.

Sticker Reward System

This sheet shows the kids the types of things that will get them stickers. In each square, I listed a different action item and placed stars to indicate the number of stickers they can receive.

This helps give clear expectations. My kids also get really excited to find something they can do to earn one or two stickers when they’re close to a prize. I always love those days because they’re suddenly fighting over chores they can do!

Morning 5

Ah, yes, the morning 5. This is a routine we’ve been doing for a while at my home, and it definitely helps the morning run a bit smoother. It includes the basic get-ready items (get dressed, make bed, brush teeth). I also recently added a morning chore and morning brain challenge.

Morning Chore: This can be found on the “my jobs” worksheet. Every night, I take a second to write their morning chore out. It’s nothing crazy hard, and it always relates to the morning. For example, empty the dishwasher for your older kids or set the table for your younger kids. I like including activities like this in their morning routine because it gives them a sense of what it takes to run a household and encourages greater involvement.

Morning Brain Challenge: This is another thing I prep the night before. Each night, I set out something on the kitchen table for them to do once they’re up and ready. It could be a simple math worksheet, a puzzle, a word search, or even just a coloring page. As a homeschooling family, it helps set a good tone for the day. I also find it helps if one kid is taking extra long to get ready or needs extra attention, the other has something to work on. No one is rushing me to make breakfast because they have something to do.

My Jobs

This is where the kids can find their jobs that have to get done for the day. As mentioned above, I use the first line to write their morning chore. Then I use the rest for other tasks that are required for the day (both chores and school work).

I don’t take the time to write every homeschool task on it. In our home, I don’t always push everything to get done in a single day; I’m ok with rolling over tasks. So this isn’t exactly a full day schedule. It’s more just those required tasks that should be completed during the day.

I find this particularly useful on days they fight me on schoolwork. If a math sheet is taking forever and she wants to play, I’ll write it on my job’s worksheet. Once it’s on the My Jobs chart, she knows it’s her responsibility to get it done if she wants TV at the end of the day. It takes the burden off of me to keep pushing and puts it on her. This creates a sense of responsibility for their own work.

After School Checklist

Once again, this is another checklist that creates responsibility and accountability for your kids. For us, the incentive is TV time. My kids don’t get TV until the end of the day, but even that is a privilege. Especially as a homeschool family, it’s been a really important lesson that rest comes after labor. Rest is good and ok, but it’s important to take care of our responsibilities first. Instead of them asking 100 times a day, “Mom, can I watch TV?” I created this checklist.

This checklist connects to their jobs list; all jobs have to be checked off before they can move on.

Then I included some basic chores that I think are important. Once again, I’m trying to teach my kids that we all live here and we all help one another. It’s not just mom’s job to clean. That’s also why I included the last one, “Does mom need help with anything else?” Usually, when they ask, I say no. But I believe this gives them a good sense of empathy and consideration for those around them. Rather than expecting others to take care of everything, I’m trying to instill a thoughtful heart towards helping.

Sticker Chart

At the end of the day, we’re training these little children. Much like dogs, they love a good treat! I created this sticker chart to help incentivize them throughout the week. With the sticker reward system sheet, they understand what to do to get stickers. In my home, I have a bin filled with prizes. It has both candy, quarters, and larger toy prizes (from the dollar store). Throughout the maze, they have chances to earn a treat or quarter as a smaller incentive. Then, once they reach the end, they can pick a larger prize, which is one of the toys. I used to just do the larger prizes, but I found they lost motivation as it took to long to get anything. Having the little prizes throughout the chart has made a big difference.

*You can certainly print this out every time you need a new one and use actual stickers to mark their chart. I got tired of printing it every time, so I laminated mine and now draw on their marks with a whiteboard marker.

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