Most days my kids wake up even before the sun has shown its face. They often have trouble thinking of QUIET things to do without bursting into my room and waking the twins. I decided to make a list of “10 things to do in the early morning” so they have a visual reminder. Here is the list:
1. play quietly with your toys – all those things that you got for Christmas!?!
2. read a book
3. play a computer game
4. draw a picture
5. build with blocks
6. did I mention read a book?
7. clean up your room
8. do a puzzle
9. play a game
10. did I mention read a book?
Do your kids get up very early? What do they do to occupy their time before the rest of the house gets up?
My 8yo has been in a habit over the last month of getting up at 4am and wandering downstairs on the couch and falling back asleep. DOn’t really know why, but it happens 3-4 times a week. Not really a problem….unless you count this morning at 3am when he came in my room and insisted that he was terribly uncomfortable in his bed and he needed to sleep on the floor. I don’t get that…he’s got a perfectly good bed and he’d rather sleep on the floor! Sheesh!
Twitter: unvlmom
says:
My youngest (4 year old) is an early riser… One thing he does is turn on the TV and plug in Chicka Chicka Boom Boom video or watch the Praise Video channel… it is sweet to find him all curled up on the couch with a book in his hand and the praise channel playing on the TV… Sometimes he will even go play his computer game, but not unless he thinks we are already awake as the kids share Daddy’s computer in the office next to our bedroom.
I am very thankful that my kids are good sleepers and don’t get up before 7. My 6yo is very sweet and plays quietly in his room or reads books until the rest of us are up. This works out well for us since my husband and I are night owls and are NOT morning people!