Then at 10am, I would prepare for my child’s baon. Her sked for school is 12pm-5pm. Then during those hours, I would cook our “ulam” for dinner and lunch the next day. So that we we’ll just re-heat it. Then remaining hours will have some more sleep…

She’ll be home by 615, rest for about 30 mins. then she’ll prepare to do her assignments/ projects/ school works by herself, and give some assistance if needed

By 7pm, will eat dinner together, then be preparing for work by 745pm. During that time, my sister will be coming over to sleep with her during the night I’m out, as her house is just few blocks from ours…

Weekends, saturday and sunday… is our bonding time. We woud enjoy our precious time together. Do some chores, like ironing of clothes for the coming week, weekly general cleaning, bake some cookies, watch dvd’s or just sleep…

This has been our everyday routine. My daughter at a young age has learned to be conscious of time, as everything need to be organized. Somehow it should be planned… We help each other

We enjoy our time together, even just the two of us (with a little help of my sister )

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And now I’m a SAHM to my 5 and 7y/o kids, my hubby is an OFW. I don’t have yaya/ maid or driver.. Everything should be organized. I always tell my kids that if you don’t know the importance of time, you won’t accomplish anything. . At an early age, I teach them to appreciate and enjoy time as well.

At home, we are so busy, yet enjoying doing our own assigned responsbilities/tasks… Weekdays, from school, as soon as they get home, they have a 15 minute rest. Then, a hour and 30 mins. to do and finish all their assignments. Then snacks for 30 mins., and an hour of playtime/ watching tv etc… Then finally do their assigned chore/s.

Every Friday, we always have a family meeting, to set a schedule for the coming week… We plan, organize and place it in our family calendar. Every activity/ event that we need to attend to, my kids knows how to prepare beforehand. Being Late is not an excuse… Being On time will give you an edge…

Every second is so precious for us. I can say that we truly accomplish a lot with the daily time schedule we follow.

So with perpetual lateness running in our genes, managing our time and accomplishing tasks on time is an ongoing battle in our house. Sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. But with the girls older and being able to take care of themselves more, the battles are easier.

Especially now that they control their own activities and social engagements, they don’t like to be late so they make an effort to get themselves ready and make sure to remind mom and dad when it’s time to go. Luckily, even with our misfortune of having the tardiness gene, they are turning out to be amazingly organized. I can’t take all the credit but I guess maybe they just have the organized gene naturally too
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It is precisely this attitude that I want my children to grow up NOT having.

In order to instill a good sense of time and encourage effective time management, I teach my kids these things in a language that they can understand. For example, whenever we get an invitation for a kiddie party, I would show it to them and tell them that this is an event that’s happening at this place during this time. I tell them that it is important to get to the event on time because if we are late, certain consequences will arise like:

1. We won’t be able to park properly. We’ll run ourselves even more late as we drive around looking for parking. When we do get to park it’ll be somewhere that’s far away from the venue.

2. The party will start even without their presence, so they’ll miss certain games and activities, and perhaps even prizes they could win.

3. They won’t get good seats. If there is say a magic show, they might be seated all the way back so they won’t get such a good view had they arrived on time.

4. We might not be able to sit together. If we’re late and the tables are filled up, we might get separated because we would end up seating wherever there are unoccupied seats. This is a big deal for most children.

After telling them the consequences, I then teach them how to avoid being late. I tell them that if the party is located nearby (10-20 mins drive), they have to be ready at least an hour before… at least two hours earlier if the party is farther away.

Since this is all explained in terms that they understand, it’s not difficult to get them started on the right track.
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It’s a conscious effort and constant struggle because we are not bonded by a schedule for my day to day activities because I am a WAHM and she’s HOMESCHOOLED but I still have to ensure that my daughter will get the value of time management. This is very important because in two years she’ll be in a regular school already where she’ll be obliged to follow and stick with schedule.

So what I do is have a routine. We do things at our own phase but we have to stick with the time lay-out I made for our everyday activities. Say for example her nap time, she knows that when the clock strikes 12noon, she has to take a nap and leave whatever she’s doing. It’s hard at first knowing how strong-willed kids today but I have to set rules otherwise she’ll grow up not respecting time.