My Week For Me

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“Increasing a child’s success day by day”

Does your child ever ask “What are we doing tomorrow?”

Does your child live in multiple households?

Does your child ever appear anxious or cry when you leave them?

Does your child struggle with transition or change?

Does your child have difficulty leaving a playdate or event?

If the answer is yes… My Week For Me calendar can help!

What:

My Week For Me is a hands-on pictorial calendar for children and parents. With this parenting tool, you can help your child anticipate and plan for upcoming events that may be potentially confusing or anxiety provoking.

Why:

Children thrive on consistency and predictability. In today’s world, it can be hard to control consistency but with the My Week For Me calendar, parents can increase a child’s understanding of their schedule day to day. This predictability can help to reduce a child’s feelings of anxiety and uncertainty while increasing feelings of safety and control. In addition, children feel empowered as they learn their weekly schedule.

How:

Hang My Week For Me calendar at your child’s eye level in an area of the house where your child will be able to view their schedule often.
With the purchase of My Week For Me calendar you will receive 40 blank magnets and 7 stickers of each image listed below. This allows you to customize your calendar and modify your child’s calendar as activities and schedules change.

Recommendations:

Weekly, update the calendar with the enclosed magnets that best depicts your child’s schedule. For example, it is helpful to set and review the calendar every Sunday in anticipation of your child’s week.
Daily, review the upcoming events with your child. This allows time for you to address your child’s concerns or questions.

Children with Multiple Homes:

Custody schedules can be confusing for children. Even when custody schedules are consistent, children need help anticipating and planning to transition between caregivers. My Week For Me can display a visual custody schedule for your children with Mom and Dad’s House magnets that lets them know where they are going to be and when.
The house magnet comes in purple for Mom’s house and blue for Dad’s house. It is helpful to have a My Week For Me calendar at all households in which the child lives. This will aid in providing a consistent tool to help the child anticipate the days spent with each parent.

Magnet Descriptions:

Each magnet was carefully selected in an effort to identify common times in which transition occurs between caregivers or times in which the primary caregivers leave the child in the care of another adult.

Below is a description of each magnet and some suggested ways you could use each magnet. Ultimately, it is up to you and your child to assign meaning to each magnet and to use it in a way that makes the most sense for you and your child.

Sports

o The Sports magnet can be used when your child will participate in any sports practice or game.

School

o The School magnet can be used when your child will attend school, participates in homeschooling or attends day care.

Playdate

o The Playdate magnet can be used when your child will have a playdate with other children.

o The Mom magnet can be used in many helpful ways. For example, if your child lives at multiple homes, use the Mom magnet for days your child will be at Mom’s House. You could also use the Mom magnet to help a child anticipate when mom will be home from work or a trip.

Grandparent

o The purple Grandparent magnet can be used for visits or times your child will be in the care of their maternal grandparent(s).

o The Dad magnet can be used in many helpful ways. For example, if your child lives at multiple homes, use the Dad magnet for days your child will be at Dad’s House. You could also use the Dad magnet to help a child anticipate when dad will be home from work or a trip.

Babysitter

o The babysitter magnet can be used when a babysitter will be taking care of your child.

Sleep Away

o The Sleep Away magnet can be used when your child will have a sleepover or to signify travel for your child or other family members.

Special Time

o The Special Time magnet can be used in many helpful ways. One way to use this magnet is to schedule quality one-on-one or family time with you and your child.

Worship

o The Worship magnet can be used when your child will attend any type of worship.

Today

o The Today magnet is your child’s daily magnet to let them know what day of the week they are on. Move this magnet together at bedtime to help plan and anticipate tomorrow’s events.

School Bus

o The School Bus magnet can be used when your child will be taking the bus to or from school.

Rainbow

o The Rainbow magnet can be used anyway you’d like! This magnet can be used for special days like school holidays or special events. Alternatively, this magnet can be used for activities your child has that aren’t included in your magnet set, including therapy or tutoring, etc.

Celebrate

o The Celebrate magnet can be used when your child will attend celebrations including holidays and birthdays.

Grandparent

o The blue Grandparent magnet can be used for visits or times your child will be in the care of their paternal grandparent(s).

Doctor

o The Doctor magnet can be used when your child has a medical appointment of any kind.

Carpool

o The Carpool magnet can be used when your child will be picked up from school or daycare by another family or caregiver.

Extra Care

o The Extra Care magnet can be used when your child will go early or stay late from school for additional childcare. Also, this magnet can be used to represent when your child is at camp or various childcare settings like at church or the gym.