To be late to school?

[FauxFox]

DD is a pain to get ready every. single. morning. I have to cajole, shout, remind, time etc and i'm done.

I'm tired, it's pissing with rain, I don't care anymore!

We should have got in the car 10 mins ago.

She is in Year 3 (7 y.o) and this will be our first time in the late book.

We will go but we will be late - AIBU?

manicinsomniac It does, since mummy will stand at front door wide open ready to usher her out, and since its freezing, you'd be amazed at how she speeds up

If this is the first time she has been in the late book I would tell her she needs to write a letter for Monday morning to the head teacher apologising for being late, delaying the start of the school day and to make a list of things DD think she could do to make herself quicker in the mornings.

My last post reads a bit smug it's not an easy thing to do and DD1 is the slowest out of all of us although she is always ready on time.

DD2 (8) has her own routine including breakfast done and dusted in 10 minutes, so funny to watch her whizz about DD3 is still in training as she is in reception but I do think being organised the day before is the best way to do it, we don't spend time looking for things that way.

Good luck.

Does she need breakfast first? I would never get any of mine to dress first - they have breakfast and slowly wake up with a carbohydrate boost and dress afterwards when they felt a bit more lively.

fauxfox do you have a visual schedule for ds for the mornings? Would dd benefit from something like that? Like a board with pictures (or reminder words) of everything she needs to do that she can take off or turn over when she has done the task? Might help to keep her on track.

We also have breakfast first in our house and I think it helps keep everyone on track. That, and we have a 'race' to see who's fastest at getting dressed - kids vs parent. A little healthy competition always sparks them into gear!

We also have breakfast first at our house and I think it helps keep everyone on track.

That, and we have a 'race' to see who's fastest at getting dressed - kids vs parent. A little healthy competition always sparks them into gear!

Oops - sorry for the double post (silly phone)

Same here: we have breakfast first, dress, clean teeth etc then DS (5yo) is allowed to watch TV until we leave. If he's not ready there's no TV. May be worth having an incentive (other than the opportunity to go to school) for getting ready efficiently?