After-school routine chart
The hour between the front door and free time, in the same order every school day. Shoes off, lunchbox out, wash hands, snack, homework, reading and the bag packed for tomorrow, with a box to tick for each day and a space at the top for the time free time starts.
Free, one page, no email needed. Prints fine in black and white.
What's on it
- Shoes off, lunchbox out, wash hands, snack, homework, reading, bag for tomorrow
- A tick box for every task, Monday to Friday
- A star to color in for each afternoon that everything was done on time
- Space for a name and for the time free time starts
How to use it
- 1 Write the time free time starts in the box at the top. The list comes first and free time comes after, and it is the clock that says when, not you.
- 2 Snack goes before homework on purpose. Most children come home hungry, and everything after it waits on it anyway.
- 3 Stick it by the door they come in, at their eye level. The first two tasks happen within a few steps of it.
- 4 Packing the bag the afternoon before is a quiet gift to tomorrow morning. It is one less thing at 8 o'clock.
- 5 No homework today? Cross the box through together. The order matters more than a full row.
- 6 Clubs or sport on some afternoons? Use the blank chart for those days and keep this one for ordinary ones.
More in the guide: how to make a routine chart that works.
More free charts
Morning routine chart
Seven picture tasks for school mornings, Monday to Friday, with a box for the time you leave.
Bedtime routine chart
Seven picture steps from tidy-up to lights out, for every night of the week.
Sticker chart
Seven picture steps for school-day mornings and nights, with round spaces for standard stickers.
Chore chart
Seven picture jobs around the house, from making the bed to feeding the pet, for every day of the week.
Blank routine chart
Seven empty rows and a week of tick boxes. You write the tasks; your child draws the pictures.