Create a Morning Checklist for Your Older Kid, Then Get Out of Their Way
by Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Me from Lifehacker on (#47P28)
One of the best pieces of advice I ever received for getting my then-preschooler out the door in the morning was to create a visual checklist to guide him. I made a clip-art timeline with a toothbrush (brush your teeth), a sweater (get dressed), a bowl of cereal (eat breakfast) and a newspaper (fetch the newspaper"