Some kids love mornings while others don’t.
How do you get children who move as slow as zombies to wake up and move faster?
Sweep nagging and scolding under the rug because they may work but they’re no fun.
The solution?
Head to our latest guest post titled: Fun Morning Routine Ideas Sluggish Kids Will Love over at Make or Break. It’s a mix of games, incentives and fun reminders to get those sluggish kids to wiggle a bit faster.
By the way, a pre-requisite to this article offers parenting tips to help moms organize and strategize their morning routine. Feel free to check it out!
GE&M would like to send a heart felt thank you to Pehpot of Make or Break for publishing the post. It was fun thinking and researching on creative ideas to help kiddos and their harried moms through stressful mornings.
2/15/12 UPDATE: Here are useful links that lead to the morning checklist, printable routine cards and the morning routine chart (respectively items 5, 6, 7 on the post). These are all free.
Here are other parenting articles by us featured on other blogs.
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I’m curious… I’m heading over to Pehpot’s blog now
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Hope you like it Pepper!
Such awesome ideas! We’ve been struggling with slow-pokes over here. This is great for me to read about
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Ha, I know what you mean about slow pokes! I sound like a broken record in the morning. Hope these help you with the kiddos, Elisa and thanks for dropping by!
My kids soooo need this. Thank you so much for sharing. I’m hoping this will make our mornings easier.
Regina
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Hope you like the ideas, Regina! Thanks for dropping by!
Great tips, Anne. I like the strategy of smothering with kisses…keeps them from being too grumpy when they open their eyes. My daughter prefers Taylor Swift to wake her up…fine with me!
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It works so well for my grumpy morning critter (he’s 4 years old).
I give him kisses and he has a smile on his face even before his eyes open. But I can’t do that for long… so I might consider using Taylor Swift as well, if she’s still singing 10 years from now. Thanks for dropping by!
Headed over to check it out now!
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Glad to see you back!
Hope you enjoy it and happy valentines to you and your family!
I made a comment on the blog post about sluggish kids.
Those are great ideas! 
When my kids get sluggish, which I am sure ONE will someday, those would be great things to try. 
I miss housework!
Hi Sarah, thanks for leaving a comment here and there (and everywhere! – sorry, I couldn’t resist). And I’m glad your kids aren’t sluggish in the morning…. some kids are. (Looks over to where her kiddo is fast asleep.)
Once again, fantastic suggestions which I will pass on to my husband, who thankfully for me, does the morning routine. I am personal fan of the morning kisses…I love to wake them up that way, while my husband has them on a checklist. He’s way more organized than me…and they always get on the door on time on his watch
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Hmm perhaps he could share his tips on getting the kiddos up and about (and on time!!) as well
Thanks for dropping by Lynn and glad you enjoyed these. I’m sure you know that with kids, you just have to outsmart them creatively.
The post is very informational and useful for me.Thanks for sharing this post.
You are most welcome! Hope to see you ’round here more.
Now how do I get myself motivated in the mornings? lol visiting back from alexa hop!
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Hi Dina! Hmmm… that’s a good topic to write on. Thanks for dropping by!
Love the idea about morning checklist. I think it will really work for my preschooler
I am going to use that print out from one of the links
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Glad you liked them Marina! Good luck using them on your preschooler and do let us know how your mornings go.
My youngest is a rock star about getting up and getting ready on Saturdays! lolol
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Haha well at least that’s one day of the week!
These sure are great ideas to start day with kids. Thanks for the printable forms as well. Already saved copies and will print for my nephews
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Hi Aileen! Let us know how it works and you are welcome.
Wow, those were really cool ideas. I’m hoping to try them out on my 7 year old twins. They definitely need some incentives!
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Hi Mercy, glad you like them. Would love to hear about what works for your 7 year old twins
Great suggestions! As much as I miss the time when my kids were little, I don’t miss the morning rush!
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Glad you enjoyed them, Stacey, even if your kiddos aren’t little anymore. Thanks for the visit as well. Have a great week.
Please try these charts for kids in school: http://www.rewardcharts4kids.com/reward-charts-school/ and these for kindergarten/preschool: http://www.rewardcharts4kids.com/reward-charts-kindergarten/ You can have them laminated so that you don’t need to print a new chart each week.