Developing a Routine - Learning Activities

Resources for parents, teachers, and parents who are now teachers.

We are sharing social and emotional learning activities to help families and teachers nourish the social and emotional well-being of the youth in their lives. The activities included in today’s post are all about developing a routine. Download/print these activities or follow along on any paper or notebook you already have.

Having a routine or set schedule is a great way to help improve behavioral health.  In younger students, a routine lessens problem behaviors around stopping play, bedtime, bath time, etc.  In older students, having a set schedule and engaging in regular prosocial activities lowers the prevalence of drug use and other risky behaviors.  The goal of these learning activities is to work as a continuum to promote student autonomy in creating and maintaining a schedule.  Early in life it is a skill that parents need to provide for students, but as they get older the goal is for them to develop the capability to do it on their own. 

No matter how old we are, we know our social and emotional well-being is immensely important to living a meaningful life. Building a strong social and emotional skill set is essential to being a good student, citizen, and worker.