Ideas for Principle #19

💡 Sneakers with flashing lights light up in rhythm, every time you step down or jump. A tea bag - instead of leaving it in the cup the whole time, you dip and lift it a few times in a row so the tea comes out stronger and tastier.

Hard to remember to do something important every day?!
When you do a complicated thing just once, as one big effort, it's easy to miss it completely.

It's worth thinking: what if we split the action into small repetitions that happen again and again, at the same pace?

An action that repeats itself at a steady pace turns, over time, into a natural habit you no longer need to think about.

For example, when we get up in the morning, if we do the actions repeatedly every day, we can get things done faster and free up time for other things, like playing, or maybe even watching a bit of TV before preschool or school, if our parents agree. 

Which repeated actions do you do every morning?
Getting up in the morning 
Going to the bathroom
Brushing your teeth
Washing your face 
Getting dressed for preschool or school
Putting on socks and shoes

Ready for a challenge? We've prepared some extra challenges for you to try

Now it's your turn to invent. Design your own small, fixed ritual that repeats itself every day at the same pace, and give it a name.

Easy
1. Choose a fixed day of the week for saving together, and mark it on a calendar so you remember.
2. Ask your child which small action they already do every morning without thinking about it at all.

A bit of a stretch
3. After a full month of saving on the same fixed day, check together how much has been collected and how easy it was to keep it up.
4. Ask your child to write down all the actions they repeat every morning, and check if there's an order that could be improved.

Challenge for champions
5. Ask your child to invent their own short song or rhyme to go along with a repeated action, like brushing teeth or making the bed.
6. Try thinking together about a big goal, and plan a small action that repeats every day at the same pace until you reach it.