The role of rituals and routines in young children

The introduction of rituals and routines at home before a child starts formal schooling can play a big role in helping a child adapt to the school environment. This is the advice offered in the second episode of the Learning Early Series, an online video series for parents who are about to embark on that next big step in parenting: being the parent of a school-going child!

Teachers at Early Learning Centres or primary schools use rituals and routines extensively as these induce calmness, relieve anxiety and offer structure to the day. Parents can learn a lot from teachers and the way they communicate and engage with children through routines. This episode explains some of these rituals.

The video can be viewed here:

137 Comments

- - angel_mon said
  - 11 Feb 2014
    12:13 am
I was just reading something about this and the role of rituals helping children with sleep problems

- - vikram77 said
  - 31 Jan 2014
    7:24 pm
Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed it.

- - snoopy said
  - 28 Jan 2014
    3:00 pm
Thank you for this interesting read.

- - ilees68 said
  - 28 Jan 2014
    1:50 pm
you have some great tips here !! !

- - yyon4699 said
  - 27 Jan 2014
    5:27 pm
Definitely a great tip. Will keep this when my bub is ready for that. Thanks for sharing and have a good one!

- - vikram77 said
  - 17 Jan 2014
    2:06 am
Thanks a lot for sharing. I loved looking at it. Great article

- - mle00 said
  - 16 Jan 2014
    4:16 pm
I think all children can benefit from a great structured routine, it need not be rigid, just firm enough so they understand expectations.
- ginoula5 replied
  
  28 Aug 2014 , 7:06 pm
  I agree, I know for us having a routine that can be flexible from time to time makes a huge difference.
- - memo said
  - 08 Jan 2014
    12:13 am
we need to have more routine, lol

- - ljsalomon said
  - 03 Jan 2014
    10:09 am
Interesting video to watch – thanks for sharing.

- - simone_spark said
  - 02 Jan 2014
    1:55 pm
fantastic ideas, thanks for sharing

- - misschriss said
  - 01 Jan 2014
    1:20 am
Something I should really start looking at seeing as my youngest goes to school soon.

- - bankstownbrats said
  - 30 Dec 2013
    6:28 pm
thanks for sharing these great ideas and tips.

- - kathryn said
  - 28 Dec 2013
    10:24 pm
If only my little one would get into a better sleep routine then I could start to plan her days better

- - jadeeeee said
  - 18 Dec 2013
    1:29 pm
an interesting read, thanks for sharing

- - linaianna said
  - 05 Dec 2013
    3:07 pm
thanks for sharing this article

- - meimei said
  - 27 Nov 2013
    10:20 am
thank you for sharing 🙂

- - kelly laundess said
  - 24 Nov 2013
    4:21 am
Children need routine to teach them i have always done so from when they were babys but parents needs need to do the same aswell.

- - coppin85 said
  - 11 Nov 2013
    6:05 pm
Thanks for sharing this 🙂

- - sonja_holness said
  - 07 Nov 2013
    10:09 pm
We definitely don’t have enough rituals in this house,

- - missmanic said
  - 31 Oct 2013
    5:37 pm
Great article thanks so much.