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1 Guide Plan Check

2 Guide Plan Check The Guide Plan Check download helps simplify some of the repetitive and time consuming tasks that occur as normal part of daily family life. Each page contains a guide, plan or checklist to be printed out and used over and over again. I have left the pages clear of notes from me, so as to make them more functional. Below is a short description of each page: Pantry Basics Check List You can use this list to audit your pantry before heading to the supermarket, or place it in your pantry and tick items as they run out to build your shopping list as you go. There is room at the end to add other items that you use regularly. Freezer Basics Check List As per pantry basics check list. Fridge Basics Check List As per pantry basics check list. Monthly Menu Plan 4 weekly menu plans that contain family friendly recipes. Head to to load these into the menu planner and print out the weekly shopping lists. Night Time Preparation Check List A list of 10 tasks that if completed in the evening, will help you have a smoother start to school mornings. Back To School Check List It can be difficult to get your head into school mode during the summer holidays, but this check list takes the thinking out of it for you with activities you need to complete, to be ready for sending the kids back to school. 10 Week Christmas Preparation Plan With this plan you won t feel overwhelmed by the time December comes around. Taking on one task a week, makes the lead up to Christmas calmer and more enjoyable. Guiding Principles For A Happy Family 10 short and simple principles that will assist in keeping family harmony. Guidelines For Successful Family Meetings Family Meetings are one of the best ways to communicate and problem solve with the kids. These guidelines will help you start running your own family meetings. Children s Jobs Age Appropriate Guide Reduce mum and dad s workload and increase the kid s independence skills and self esteem by allocating age appropriate jobs to each child. Wishing you the best in organising your family chaos!

3 Pantry Basics Check List Baking Entertaining Oil Baking powder Premium Quality Chocolate Cooking Spray Bicarbonate Of Soda Coffee Olive Oil Bread Crumbs Cordial Olive Oil Spray Chocolate Chips Dark Hot Chocolate Vegetable Oil Chocolate Chips Milk Popcorn Kernels Chocolate Chips White Sweet Biscuits Pasta and Pasta Sauces Cocoa Tea Lasagne Sheets Coconut Desiccated Water Crackers Macaroni Cream Of Tartar Pasta Sauce Crushed Nuts Grains Penne Flour Corn Barley Pesto Flour Plain Cous Cous Spaghetti Flour Rice Rice Arborio Spirals Flour Self Raising Rice Brown Tomato Paste Flour Wholemeal Rice Jasmine Golden Syrup Rice White Sauces and Condiments Jelly Crystals Barbecue Sauce Marie Biscuits Herbs and Spices Chutney Marshmallows Chilli Dried Mayonnaise Milk Condensed Chives Dried Mustard Rolled Oats Coriander Ground Soy Sauce Sugar Brown Cumin Ground Stock Beef Powder Sugar Caster Curry Powder Stock Chicken Powder Sugar Icing French Onion Soup Mix Stock Vegetable Powder Sugar White Ginger Dried Sweet Chilli Sauce Vanilla Essence Oregano Dried Tartare Sauce Yeast Parsley Dried Tomato Sauce Pepper Black Cracked Vinegar White Breakfast Cereals Salt Flakes Worstershire Sauce Corn Flakes Taco Seasoning Mix Rice Bubbles Thyme Dried Spreads Honey Cans Juices Jam Beetroot Apricot Nectar Peanut Butter Coconut Milk Lemon Juice Vegemite Corn Kernels Lime Juice Evapourated Milk Lentils Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Tomato Soup Tomatoes Tuna

4 Freezer Basics Check List Baking Pastry Puff Pastry Short Crust Sweets Ice Cream Raspberries Ripe Bananas Quick Meals Meat Bacon Shortcut Rindless Pizza Bases Veggie Burgers Beef Diced Beef Mince Beef Strips Chicken Breasts Sausages If You Can Homemade Biscuit Dough Left Over Bolognaise Sauce Left Over Casserole Vegetables Left Over Soup Peas Spinach Miscellaneous Mixed Veggies

5 Fridge Basics Check List Dairy Butter Cheese Mozzarella Cheese Parmesan Cheese Tasty Cream Cream Sour Milk Yoghurt Greek Style Other Almonds Eggs Miscellaneous

6 Monthly Menu Plan Week 1 Day Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Meal Pasta With Chicken And Spinach Pumpkin Soup Chicken Stir Fry With Seasonal Vegetables Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff Left Overs Tacos Lamb Chops And Steamed Vegetables Week 2 Day Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Meal Baked Penne With Bacon Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup Moroccan Minted Beef Chicken Schnitzel and Steamed Vegetables Left Overs Souvlakis Sausages And Steamed Vegetables Week 3 Day Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Meal Spaghetti Bolognaise Homemade Pasties Beef Stir Fry Mexibake Left Overs Chicken Lasagne Lamb Chops With Potato Au Gratin And Veg Week 4 Day Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Meal Pasta Carbonara Slow Cooker Tomato Soup Family Meat Pie Roast Vegetable Lasagne Left Overs Fried Rice Sunday: Slow Cooker Roast Lamb

7 Night Time Preparation Checklist Task 1 Set Table For Breakfast 2 Prepare Lunch Boxes 3 Complete School Notices 4 Ensure Clean and Available Uniforms/Clothes 5 Un-stack Dishwasher / Put Away Dishes 6 General Tidy 7 Empty The Bin/s 8 Check The Calendar 9 Make To Do List 10 Wind Down Extras:

8 Back To School Checklist Task Details Uniforms / School Clothes Wardrobes Shoes Stationery and Accessories Labels Paperwork Lunch boxes and drink bottles Routines Organise and check school uniforms for size, appearance and faults. Include a socks, underwear and hats! Organise kids clothes storage so school items are easily accessible. Check that shoes and are polished Ensure each child has the necessary items for school. Also take advantage of the sales to have an inventory at home for high use items like pencils, glue sticks etc. Ensure all school items area labelled. Complete any paper work that needs to be returned to school. Make a paperwork station, where kids know to bring and collect their forms. Check lunch boxes and drink bottles are all functioning and clean. In the week leading up to the first day of school gradually bring children into their school evening and morning routines. If you walk or ride to school, check that scooters/bikes/helmets/prams are all functional. Transport Groceries Goals If your children will be catching public transport for the first time, have practice runs and print out timetables. Restock the pantry with all the required items to make school lunches. Help the children set personal and academic goals for the year. Extras:

9 10-Week Christmas Preparation Plan Week / Date: Activity Notes 10 wks to go 16. Oct Set theme. Review Christmas budget Setting a theme make all the other decisions so much easier. For ideas see: Set your self a budget for Christmas and begin tracking expenditure. You downloadable spreadsheet template here: 9 wks to go 23 Oct Handmade Gifts Start making gifts for teachers and friends. If you are after ideas try: 8 wks to go 30 Oct Update Christmas card list Add, delete and amend as necessary! 7 wks to go 6 Nov Make Christmas family card and children s cards Get the children to make their own cards As they then need to handwrite their greetings, they need plenty of time to break up the writing. If you need some inspiration on how to go about it try here: 6 wks to go 13 Nov Gift tags and wrapping paper Try making your own gift tags. Some ideas can be found here: 5 wks to go 20 Nov Christmas present list and shopping Over the year try keeping a gift ideas list the master Christmas template has a sheet dedicated to this. Keep your gift list each year so you can remember what you have bought other recently. 4 wks to go 27 Nov Christmas Decorations Try make your own Christmas decorations tailored to meet your theme. You will find some simple ideas here: 3 wks to go 4 Dec Gather toys for giving With the impending influx of new toys etc, it is a perfect opportunity to take the kids through their things and have them donate some to charity. 2 wks to go 11 Dec Christmas Day Preparation Plan Create a schedule to organize all the tasks that need to be completed on Christmas day. Some fab Christmas Menu Plans can be found here: 1 wk to go 18 Dec Christmas Treats cooking With the kids on school holidays it is a fun way to get into the Christmas spirit. Check out for ideas Christmas Day Celebration Time!!! 25 Dec

10 Guiding Principles For A Happy Family GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR A HAPPY FAMILY 1. Listen attentively to others. 2. Look for the solution, not someone to blame. 3. Show patience - role model the behaviour you want to see. 4. Be kind to yourself and consider your own needs. 5. There are no have tos or should you have a choice. 6. It is ok to say NO. 7. Make time for play. 8. Give the children (and adults!) some space and independence. 9. There is no need to make comparisons :1 ratio of positive to negative comments.

11 Guidelines For Successful Family Meetings FAMILY MEETING GUIDELINES Time: Choose a regular time and day. Preferable a time when we are all most likely to be at home and one that will conducive to your kids paying attention. Place: Somewhere that is comfortable for everyone and with minimal distractions. Attendees: Set the rules for attendance. All family members are expected to attend. If someone cannot come due to another activity, then the meeting can still go ahead and they can give their input prior to the meeting. There are times when a child may state that they do not want to come to the family meeting. I simply remind them that it is their decision as to whether they participate or not, but they will still have to abide by the outcomes of the meeting. Rotating Convenor: Everyone has the opportunity to convene the meeting as it is rotated amongst all family members. Mum or dad assists the toddler and younger school aged children until they get the hang of things. Minutes: Minutes are taken at each meeting and are always reviewed as first agenda item in family meeting. The minutes are very helpful if you need o clarify decisions and it also puts accountability back on mum and dad. If we agreed to action things, then the children can hold us to account on it as the parents can to them. Time Frame: Determined by the age of the children participating. With preschoolers, aim to have the meeting go for no more than 20 minutes. Their attention and enthusiasm wanes dramatically if you go past this point. Raised Hand: Everyone must raise their hand and be acknowledged by the convenor before they can speak. Agenda Items: Although we use a formal structure for the family meetings, they are generally light hearted and fun. They are not allowed to degenerate to a complaining session. When raising an item, the family member is expected to state the problem (if there is one) and then put forward a proposed solution for discussion. Quite often the meeting is just more of a sharing time, where kids or adults provide updates to the family on areas of their life or items of interest. However, when there are items that will require some negotiation and discussion, we will give the children advance notice that I will be bringing that issue up at the next meeting. Consensus Decision Making: In brief this means that you must keep working on a resolution until you have one that all family members can agree to. This is critical to the success of Family Meetings. No one should leave the Family Meeting feeling that they have not been listened to or their needs have not been taken into consideration. This does not mean kids get exactly what they want, it actually teaches them about compromise and that sometimes to get agreement they have to make some concessions. It also teaches them to work out what are the key points they must have and teaches them to use persuasive arguments.

12 Children s Jobs - Age Appropriate Guide Age Tasks 2 4 year olds: Aim is not for perfection, but to begin learning to do things for themselves and to contribute to the running of the family home. Will need assistance. 4 6 year olds The aim is to have the kids knowing their routine of jobs to help out and carry them out without the need for reminding. Some assistance may still be required. 6 8 year olds The aim is to have children now completing these tasks independently year olds Children are now taking on tasks that require greater time allocation and complete a full household task as opposed to part year olds Aim to have a variety of indoor and outdoor jobs for children this age. Take breakfast dishes away from table. Make bed and tidy room. Wipe and sweep up own messes through out the day. Packing away of toys and general tidy. Take condiments to table for evening meal. Take own plate away from the dinner table. Placing dirty clothes in the laundry basket. Return towel to bathroom. Return cereal boxes to cupboard after breakfast. Pack kinder or school bag. Unpack kinder or school bag and hand over any notices. Setting place mats for dinner. As required can help match up socks when laundry is being folded. Assist in the garden with sweeping and raking. Place milk and juice back in the fridge when breakfast has been completed. Empty rubbish bin. Set cutlery for dinner. Put own laundered clothes away. On weekends help make morning and afternoon tea. Cook treats like scones and muffins. Help sort laundry into colour groupings. Stack dishwasher Empty compost bin and clean container. Make drinks for dinner time. Vacuum own bedroom Cook a family meal as required. Assist with folding clean laundry. Help with weeding in the garden. Unstack dishwasher. Vacuum whole house as required. Regularly cook a family meal. Mow lawn. Hang out washing. Put away the groceries