Make a Bedtime Routine Book
Creating a "My Bedtime Routine" book can help your child understand and follow the steps to get ready for bed. Customize the book to include the steps in your family's routine.
Routines help children know what to expect and what is expected of them, which is why they help children feel more secure and comfortable. If going to bed is difficult for your child, creating a routine together and making a "My Bedtime Routine" book can help give them some control over the situation. You can also listen and sing together Daniel’s bedtime song, “Bedtime! Bath, brush teeth, PJs, story, and song!" You can even make up your own words for the things you do in your family to get ready for bed.
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Have your child cut out pictures from magazines to create a bedtime routine book. You could even make simple drawings of different things children do to get ready for bed, like:
- Put toys away
- Put on pajamas
- Brush teeth
- Wash face and hands
- Read a story together
- Talk about your day
- Say prayers
- Kiss and hug goodnight
Together you can make a book about your child’s bedtime routine using the pictures. Paste or tape on picture of the routine to each index card or piece of paper. Your child can color the card, and you can add words, as well.
Punch a hole in the corner of each of sheet so they can be held together with a notebook ring, yarn, or string to make this your child’s own personalized bedtime book.
Daniel Tiger uses a song to help him calm down for bed. Maybe it can help your family, too. “It’s time to sleep, the day is done. Let’s count down to calm down, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.”
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