Once you’re happy, save, print and share your schedule with your family.
Find a comfortable and relaxed time to sit down together with your children. Run through the schedule and talk about what they can expect from their day. Keep it positive, let them ask questions and clear up any confusion.
If you’re met with heavy resistance, especially from older children, listen to their point of view, try to accomodate their requests where appropriate. You can suggest that you will trial this schedule and make adjustments after a week or so, or when needed.
Once everyone is on board and content, remind them over the course of the day what’s next on the schedule.
Keep it positive. And most importantly keep it flexible!
Some days parts of your schedule will go out of the window. And thats perfectly fine and normal. The important thing is, and the beauty of having a family schedule, is that it’s always there to pull you back to a place of control and direction. It provides much needed stability and routine. So use it to your benefit. Your schedule is there to serve you. If it’s not serving you, it’s time to think about and write down why it’s not, then tweak and start over.