FOL Fridays: Rituals and Routines
From infancy on, children count on rituals and routines for comfort and security. Routines comfort children and serve as cues for what is expected of them, giving them a sense of control over their environment. When a child knows what will happen next and what is expected of him, he will be better able to participate and to act independently, which is an important developmental step.
Tips for parents: Around the holidays, it’s easy for the schedule to be disrupted. When you are able to keep as much of a consistent routine as possible for your child, you’ll find the holidays to be much happier and enjoyable for all! Another help is to keep some favorite and/or familiar music playing in the car and at home. The holidays are also a good time to establish special rituals which, over time as they are repeated year after year, will add greatly to the joy and anticipation of the season.
I am so looking forward to getting the Bears All Night Party together in January with Daura and her beautiful kids... This is a great tiny tot play that we will do starting Jan 21 Saturday at 2:30 see you then. $50 for the class... runs to the end of Feb... Wee !!!!
The Photo above is Tweedle Dum and Dee during play practice for Alice in Wonderland... I miss my kids... :)
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