Life skills · Ages 3–12
Free daily routine charts for kids
Free printable daily routine charts for kids aged 3 to 12: a twelve-block picture schedule with times, a daily routine chart with an hourly time column from 7 am to 8 pm, visual schedule picture cards for home, a weekend routine chart, a one-day planner and a seven-day by eight-row weekly routine grid.
Daily routine picture schedule for kids
The whole day in twelve picture blocks with times (7:00 wake up to 8:00 bed) and a 12 mm check box on each, in two columns to read top to bottom. Free printable PDF.
Daily routine chart with a time column
Fourteen hour slots from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm, a wide "what happens" column to write in and a done box per hour. For planning a new schedule, a holiday week or a day with a sitter. Free printable PDF.
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Free printable visual schedule for home: picture cards
Ten picture cards (wake up, breakfast, get dressed, brush teeth, school, play, dinner, bath, story, bed), five draw-your-own cards and a First / Next / Then / After that / Last schedule strip to lay them on. Cut and order. Free printable PDF.
Weekend routine chart for kids
Eleven weekend steps with pictures (wake up with no alarm, breakfast, dressed, tidy room, play outside, family time, lunch, quiet time, one chore, dinner, bath and bed) with Saturday and Sunday check boxes and a "this weekend we want to" line. Free printable PDF.
Today's plan: one-day planner for kids
A one-goal strip, morning / afternoon / evening boxes with check-box lines, five faces to circle for how the day felt and a best-part-of-my-day line. Free printable PDF.
Weekly routine chart grid
Seven day columns by eight routine rows with pictures (wake up, school, play, homework, dinner, bath, read, sleep), 11 mm check boxes in every cell and a boxes-checked total line. Free printable PDF.
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Children handle a day better when they can see its shape. A daily routine chart shows what happens after lunch and how long until dinner, so the questions stop and the transitions get easier, which matters most for young children, for children who find change hard, and for any family in a new routine (a move, a new school, a long holiday). These six printable charts cover a day in different ways: as a picture schedule with times, as an hourly table to write in, as picture cards to order on a strip, as a weekend list, as a one-day planner and as a week-at-a-glance grid. The pictures have bold black outlines and print cleanly in black and white; the boxes take a sticker or a check. Print on A4 or US Letter.
What's in this set
- Daily routine picture schedule for kids. The whole day in twelve picture blocks with times, from 7:00 wake up to 8:00 bed (breakfast, get ready, school, lunch, snack, homework, play, dinner, bath, story), each with a 13 mm check box. Two columns, read top to bottom.
- Daily routine chart with a time column. Fourteen hour slots from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm, a wide "what happens" column to write in and a done box for every hour.
- Visual schedule for home: picture cards. Ten picture cards (wake up, breakfast, get dressed, brush teeth, school, play, dinner, bath, story, bed), five draw-your-own cards and a First / Next / Then / After that / Last schedule strip to lay them on. Cut out and order.
- Weekend routine chart for kids. Eleven steps for a day with no clock (wake up with no alarm, breakfast, get dressed, make my bed and tidy my room, play outside, family time, lunch, quiet time or reading, help with one chore, dinner, bath and bed) with Saturday and Sunday boxes and a "this weekend we want to" line.
- Today's plan: one-day planner for kids. A "my one goal for today" strip, morning / afternoon / evening boxes with check-box lines, five faces to circle for how the day felt and a "best part of my day" line.
- Weekly routine chart grid. Seven day columns by eight picture rows (wake up, school, play, homework, dinner, bath, read, sleep), an 11 mm box in every cell and a total line.
What children practice
- Sequencing a day: what comes first, next and last
- Reading times and matching them to activities
- Transitions: finishing one thing because the chart shows the next
- Planning and reflecting: setting one goal and saying how the day felt
- Seeing a week as a pattern on the weekly grid
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How to use these charts
Print at 100% on A4 or US Letter. Daily charts live on the fridge or a kitchen wall where the whole family passes them; the visual schedule cards work best on a strip of tape, a ribbon or a magnetic board at the child's height. Laminate anything you want to reuse and write on it with a dry-erase marker. Teachers can use the hourly chart and the picture cards as a classroom schedule and the one-day planner as a morning-meeting page.
- Daily routine picture schedule. For ages 3 to 7. The printed times are a typical school day; cross one out and write your own next to it if your day runs differently. Read it together at breakfast ("what comes after school?") and let the child check the box when a block ends. Over a holiday, cover "school" with a sticker and write what replaces it.
- Daily routine chart with a time column. For children who can write, and for parents setting up a new schedule. Fill it in the night before: school hours in one word, then the real detail for the afternoon and evening. A babysitter or grandparent can run a day from this page, and it is the simplest way to plan a day at home in the holidays.
- Visual schedule for home. Cut out the picture cards and the five blank cards (draw the things that are not printed: car ride, grandma's house, swimming, doctor). Each morning, choose today's cards and lay them on the strip in order. As each step finishes, the child turns the card over or moves it to the end. This is the format recommended for children who find transitions hard, including many autistic children.
- Weekend routine chart. Weekends need shape but not a clock, so the steps have no times. Check a box for Saturday and Sunday as each step happens, and write one thing the family wants to do this weekend at the bottom. Rows can be swapped by writing over them.
- Today's plan. For ages 7 to 12. In the morning the child writes one goal and the things that will happen in each part of the day; at bedtime they check what got done, circle the face that matches the day and write the best part. Five minutes at each end of the day, and a good page for a child who worries about what is coming.
- Weekly routine chart grid. One sheet for the whole week. Check or sticker a box when a part of the day is done, or write the time in the box (bed at 8:10, 8:40, 7:55) to see the pattern of a week. The total line at the bottom gives you a number to reward.
Making a daily routine work
- Anchor on meals and sleep. Wake, breakfast, lunch, dinner and bed at roughly the same times give the day its frame. Everything else can move.
- Preview the day. Thirty seconds at breakfast pointing at the chart saves many questions later. Preview changes the same way: "today the swimming card comes after school."
- Warn before transitions. "Two more minutes, then the chart says bath." The chart takes the blame, not you.
- Review weekly. Look at the weekly grid or the planner faces on Sunday. If a row is never checked, change the routine or drop the row.
Frequently asked questions
What age is a daily routine chart for?
The picture schedule and the visual schedule cards work from about age 3; the hourly chart, the weekend chart and the weekly grid suit roughly 5 to 10; the one-day planner is for children who can write a short sentence, about 7 to 12.
Which sheet is the visual schedule for home?
The third sheet. It has ten picture cards, five blank cards to draw your own and a First / Next / Then / After that / Last strip to lay them on. Cut everything out, laminate if you can, and put the cards up with tape or magnets so they can be reordered each day.
Can I change the times on the picture schedule?
Yes. The printed times show a typical school day. Cross out a time and write your own next to it, or cover the time with a small sticker. For a fully custom schedule, use the hourly chart or the blank cards.
Do these work for children with autism or ADHD?
Visual schedules are widely used for both. The picture cards and the picture schedule show one step at a time with a clear picture, which is what most occupational therapists and teachers recommend. Keep the number of cards small, preview changes, and let the child move the card when a step is done.
Can I print them in black and white?
Yes. Every picture has a solid black outline and the tables use dark lines, so the charts stay clear on a mono printer. The colors are flat fills that look fine in gray.
More printables for home
To make a visual schedule with your own pictures and words, use the free visual schedule maker, which also prints First-Then boards. The chore chart printables fill in the chore rows of a day, the reward chart printables add an incentive to the weekly grid, and the reading log printables go with the read row. Older children who want to plan their own week can move on to the time management worksheets or the weekly planner printable.
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