Routine planner app for kids?

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Hi! My DD11 is very disorganised. She's moving into secondary school in September and I'd like to help her organise herself better and become less reliant on me nagging her to get up/get dressed/tidy her room, etc.

I thought an app might help. If you've got any other recommendations, I'd be very grateful for them too!

My suggestion (assuming no SEN) is that you let her organise herself. I don't mean just leave her to it. But sit her down and say that from September she'll need to take responsibility for herself and let her say how she thinks she is going to get herself and out the door on time with everything ready. At the beginning I'd probably provide a safety net and perhaps check 20 minutes before she needs to go that she is up and quickly go through everything she needs to take to school. But the key word here is "check". Do not nag, do not tell her to do stuff. Let her work it out for herself.

An app will only work if she buys into it. You can suggest but not enforce. My DS never got on with alarm clocks, but asked for an Echo Dot for a present and somehow finds this works much better :)

Not had a planner app but last year Dt started secondary school so they set reminder alarms on their phone for recurring events and the school use teams so they also used that. Dt1 who is the most disorganised also makes a list in his planner as they aren't able to use phones in class. We managed to get through last year with all homework handed in /pe kits on the right day etc and me not having to nag (although I do check with them at tea time make sure they're ok/checked their list/teams). I also discussed with them my expectations of them before the term started - a lift to school would only happen if they were ready on time etc. I think I had learnt from Dc1, start how you mean to go on, set out expectations from start, don't be doing things for them that they can do because 'it's all new to them' it's certainly been easier than Dc1 first year at secondary school.