Daily Independence

Learn how to manage your day — tidying, routines, and looking after your things.

KS1 & KS2 · Ages 5–11 · 6 Topics
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1 🧹 Tidying Up ✔ Done
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A place for everything and everything in its place! When you put things back where you found them, your brain feels calmer and you can always find what you need. Tidy as you go — it is much easier than one big tidy at the end.

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Gary the hedgehog: At POTG, every piece of equipment has a home. When Gary's enrichment toys go back in the right place, he always finds them again.

BOOKSHELF
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TOY BOX
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COAT HOOK
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BY THE DOOR
🎯 Practise: Where does it go?

Tap the right place for each thing.

⭐ Brilliant! You sorted everything perfectly!
2 ☀️ Morning Routine ✔ Done
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A morning routine helps you start the day feeling ready. Doing things in the same order every morning means you never forget anything important — and the more you practise, the easier it gets.

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Rosie says: Ciera has a morning routine for the animals too — feed, check water, spot-clean — the same order every day so nothing gets missed.

😴Wake up
🚿Wash
👕Get dressed
🥣Breakfast
🪥Teeth
🎒Pack bag
🎯 Practise: Put the steps in order

Tap each step in the right order, starting with what you do first.

Steps you've placed will appear here…
⭐ Brilliant! Your morning routine is sorted!
3 🌙 Bedtime Routine ✔ Done
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A calm bedtime routine tells your brain it is time to rest. No screens for 30 minutes before bed, a wash, clean pyjamas, and getting tomorrow ready the night before — all these things help you sleep well and feel ready for the next day.

📖Wind down
🛁Wash
🌙Pyjamas
🪥Teeth
🎒Tomorrow
📚Read quietly
🎯 Practise: Put the steps in order

Tap each step in the right order, starting with what you do first at bedtime.

Steps you've placed will appear here…
⭐ Brilliant! Your bedtime routine is sorted!
4 🏠 Helping at Home ✔ Done
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Simple chores build your independence and help your whole family. When everyone contributes, the home runs more smoothly — and it genuinely feels good to help. Even small jobs make a big difference.

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About Mimi the sugar glider: Even young sugar gliders learn to groom themselves — taking care of yourself and your space is a skill you build a little at a time.

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Lay the
table
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Feed
a pet
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Sort
washing
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Tidy
shoes
🎯 Practise: Which chore is this?

Read each description and tap the right chore name.

⭐ Brilliant! You know your chores!
5 🎒 Looking After My Things ✔ Done
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Where does your schoolbag live? By the door. Where does your coat go? On a hook. Where do shoes go? Near the door — not in the middle of the floor! When everything has a home, you will not lose things and you will always be ready to go.

🎒 Bag → by the door
🧥 Coat → on a hook
👟 Shoes → near the door
📖 Book → in your bag
🥡 Lunchbox → in the fridge
🎯 Practise: Match each thing to its home

Tap an item on the left, then tap where it belongs on the right.

Things
Where it goes
⭐ Brilliant! Everything has a home!
6 🚪 Getting Ready to Leave ✔ Done
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Before you leave the house, run through your checklist. Tick each one off and you will never leave without something important again. It is a habit that will help you for the rest of your life!

The Leave-the-House Checklist
✅ My bag ✅ My lunch ✅ Reading book / homework ✅ PE kit (on PE days) ✅ Keys or bus pass ✅ Said goodbye
🎯 Practise: Tick off your checklist

Tap each item to check it off before you go!

⭐ Brilliant! You're all set — off you go! 🚪