Guide Plan Check. Weekly schedule for kids Examples and templates you can use to help kids organise themselves for school in the mornings.

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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 Template Menu planning is easier when the whole family helps! This template lets you gather ideas from the family and put together a monthly plan for the evening meals. 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. Weekly schedule for mum Creating a weekly schedule is about planning your known work activities into the available time you have across your week. Planning out the activities allows you to make sure you fit in the things that are most important to you and your family Weekly schedule for kids Examples and templates you can use to help kids organise themselves for school in the mornings. Children s Tasks 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. Family contribution schedule An example and a template of how you can allocate household tasks amongst the kids. Wishing you the best in organising your family chaos! 2

3 Pantry Basics Check List This list contains items for gluten free and non gluten free cooking and baking. You may not require all of them depending on your needs. Baking Cans Oil Entertaining Arrowroot (tapioca flour) Coconut Cream Coconut Oil Premium Quality Chocolate Baking powder Coconut Milk Macadamia Oil Coffee Bicarbonate Of Soda Tomatoes Olive Oil Popcorn Kernels Bread Crumbs Tuna Vegetable Oil Tea Chocolate Chips Dark Water Crackers Chocolate Chips Milk Grains Pasta and Pasta Sauces Chocolate Chips White Cous Cous Lasagne Sheets Nuts and seeds Cocoa Rice Arborio Macaroni Almonds Cacao nibs Rice Brown Passata Cashews Cacao powder Rice Jasmine Penne Chia Seeds Coconut Desiccated Rice White Spaghetti Coconut flakes Cream Of Tartar Spirals Linseeds Flour Coconut Herbs and Spices Tomato Paste Macadamias Flour Corn Chilli Dried Pumpkin Seeds Flour Plain Chives Dried Sauces and Condiments Flour Rice Cinnamon Ground Chutney Dried fruit Flour Self Raising Coriander Ground Soy Sauce (Tamari) Dates Flour Wholemeal Cumin Ground Tomato Sauce Dehydrated apple Marie Biscuits Curry Powder Vinegar Balsamic Dehydrated apricots Marshmallows Ginger Dried Vinegar rice Dehydrated banana (no sulphite) Milk Condensed Oregano Dried Vinegar White Dehydrated mango Nutritional yeast Parsley Dried Dehydrated pear Rice cakes Pepper Black Cracked Spreads and sweeteners Goji berries Rice crumbs Salt Flakes Almond butter Rice flakes Salt (Himalayan pink salt) Honey Rice flour Taco Seasoning Mix Peanut Butter Rolled Oats Thyme Dried Maple Syrup Sugar Brown Sugar Caster Sugar Icing Rice malt syrup Tahini Vegemite Sugar White Vanilla Extract Yeast 3

4 Freezer Basics Check List Baking Pastry Puff Pastry Short Crust Vegetables (greens for emergencies!) Peas Spinach Broccoli Meat Bacon Beef Diced Beef Mince Beef Strips Quick Meals Pizza Bases Veggie Burgers Chicken Breasts Salmon Sausages If You Can Homemade Biscuit Dough Left Over Bolognaise Sauce Fruits Apple puree Left Over Casserole Left Over Soup Bananas Blueberries Mangoes Raspberries Misc (in ice cubes) Beef broth Chicken stock Vegetable stock Pesto 4

5 Fridge Basics Check List Dairy Bacon Butter Cheese Mozzarella Cheese Parmesan Cheese Tasty Cream Cream Sour Milk Yoghurt Greek Style Condiments Mayonnaise Mustard Sweet chilli sauce Miscellaneous Fish oil Kimchi Sauerkraut Coconut cream (in summer) 5

6 Monthly Menu Plan DATE MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN Kids Activities: Meal type: MEAL TYPE IDEAS: Breakfast for dinner Bulk meal left over s for other meals or lunches Meals that dad and kids can cook Roasts Stir fry Meat and Veg Slow cooker meal Vegetarian Homemade fast food - e.g. pizza, fish and chips, hamburgers Quick meals (15 minutes prep or less) Soups Wrap style meal Notes: Weekend meals made in quantities to provide meat that can be used with lunches for both kids and adults. E.g. chicken schnitzel strips/sandwiches for the kids. Taco meat can be served with avocado and sweet potato hash for a lunch during the week. For more information on how to menu plan head to 6

7 Family meal selection: Monthly Menu Plan Mum Dad Child 1 Child 2 Child 3 Child 4 Child 5 These are guidelines for choosing meals: Each family member can choose up to four meals for the month. Each meal can only be on the plan twice in a month. They can only choose one homemade fast food style meal per month each. 7

8 Monthly Menu Plan DATE MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN Kids Activities: - Aerobics & Soccer training Swimming Football training Aerobics Soccer x 2 Football Football Meal type: Roast Make in the Slow cooker Stir fry Homemade fast Wrap meal Meat & Veg morning food 10 th Aug Roast beef Chicken lasagna SC honey sesame chicken Beef stir fry Hot dogs Sweet chilli chicken Sausages and veg 17 th Aug Roast chicken Shepherd s pie + greens SC chicken noodle soup Chicken stir fry Fish and chips Tacos Schnitzel and veg 24 th Aug Roast lamb Mexibake SC butter chicken and cauliflower rice Moroccan minted beef Hamburgers Sweet chilli chicken Chicken wings and veg 31 Aug Roast pork Shepherd s pie + greens SC Satay + greens Chicken stir fry Pizza Tacos Sausages and veg MEAL TYPE IDEAS: Breakfast for dinner Bulk meal left over s for other meals or lunches Meals that dad and kids can cook Roasts Stir fry Meat and Veg Slow cooker meal Vegetarian Homemade fast food - e.g. pizza, fish and chips, hamburgers Quick meals (15 minutes prep or less) Soups Wrap style meal Notes: Weekend meals made in quantities to provide meat that can be used with lunches for both kids and adults. E.g. chicken schnitzel strips/sandwiches for the kids. Taco meat can be served with avocado and sweet potato hash for a lunch during the week. For more information on how to menu plan head to 8

9 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: 9

10 Back To School Checklist Task Details Uniforms / School Clothes Organise and check school uniforms for size, appearance and faults. Include a socks, underwear and hats! Wardrobes Organise kids clothes storage so school items are easily accessible. Shoes Check that shoes and are polished Stationery and Accessories 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. Labels Ensure all school items area labelled. Paperwork Complete any paper work that needs to be returned to school. Make a paperwork station, where kids know to bring and collect their forms. Lunch boxes and drink bottles Check lunch boxes and drink bottles are all functioning and clean. Routines 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 If your children will be catching public transport for the first time, have practice runs and print out timetables. Groceries Restock the pantry with all the required items to make school lunches. Goals Help the children set personal and academic goals for the year. Extras: 10

11 Weekly Schedule For Mum The weekly schedule tells me what I am going to be doing each day, taking the decision making out of it. It lets me run on autopilot, so all the essentials can get done without me having to spend time and energy thinking about it. Of course there are days, when I abandon the schedule to do what I feel like at that point in time. Plans are great like that. They make it easy to stay on top of things, but they are only plans which can modified, changed and scrapped as needed. To have a work schedule that will be useful I have worked out there are key things to consider: 1. Make sure it supports your goal/s. 2. Understand your current time use 3. Be realistic about how many hours a week you have 4. Consider days off 5. Know your productive times 6. Look for existing boundaries For more information and tips head to For an excel template to use head here Weekly-Schedule.xlsx 11

Weekly Schedule For Kids Each school term I put together a children s timetable. The aim of the children s timetable is to: 1. Show the children what their week s activities are. 2.

12 Weekly Schedule For Kids Each school term I put together a children s timetable. The aim of the children s timetable is to: 1. Show the children what their week s activities are. 2. Allow children to take responsibility for having the right equipment on the right days. 3. Familiarise the preschoolers and early readers with their names, days of the week and other commonly used words. 4. A reminder for mum about what activities she can play with the toddler and preschooler. Click here to read more and download the free templates 12

13 Children s Tasks - 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 13

Family Contribution Schedule You can download the excel spreadsheet here http://planningwithkids.com/wp-content/2014/04/pwk-familycontribution-schedule.

14 Family Contribution Schedule You can download the excel spreadsheet here For more information on how to create the schedule you can read about it here 14

Guide Plan Check. Guiding Principles For A Happy Family 10 short and simple principles that will assist in keeping family harmony.

Guide Plan Check. Guiding Principles For A Happy Family 10 short and simple principles that will assist in keeping family harmony. Guide Plan Check 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,