My Daily Routine: Teacher Lesson Plan

Author: Amanda Abbott  |  Publisher: Make Life Shine Publishing
Age Range: 2–6  |  Suggested Duration: 45–60 minutes

This lesson plan comes with free downloadable activity sheets to use alongside the book. You will find printable activity sheets on the Free Teaching Resources page, ready to download and use in your classroom straight away.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson, children will be able to:

• Name and sequence the key activities of a daily routine from morning to bedtime
• Use time language such as morning, afternoon, evening and night
• Identify and use action verbs linked to daily activities: wake, brush, wash, cook, eat, run, play, sleep
• Begin to understand the importance of routines for health, wellbeing and independence
• Build confidence in speaking about their own daily lives

Curriculum Links

• EYFS: Personal, Social and Emotional Development (Self-Regulation and Managing Self)
• EYFS: Communication and Language (Listening, Attention and Speaking)
• EYFS: Understanding the World (People, Culture and Communities)
• KS1 PSHE: Health and Wellbeing (Healthy Routines and Self-Care)
• KS1 Literacy: Reading for Pleasure, Vocabulary and Sequencing

Resources Needed

• Copy of My Daily Routine
• Colouring pencils or crayons
• Plain paper for drawing activity
• Optional: pictures or flashcards of daily routine activities

Free printable activity sheets for this lesson:

• Download the Maze Activity Sheet
• Download the Match Game Activity Sheet
• Download the Well Done Certificate

Lesson Structure

Introduction (10 mins)
Ask children to think about what they did this morning before coming to school. What was the very first thing they did when they woke up? Discuss the idea of a daily routine and why having one helps us feel ready and confident. Introduce the book and the main character. Start with a quick action warm-up: can they pretend to wake up, stretch their arms wide and say good morning? Set the tone for an active, energetic lesson!

Story Reading (10–15 mins)
Read My Daily Routine aloud and bring every page to life with actions together. Encourage children to join in as you go:

• Wake up: stretch arms wide and yawn
• Brush teeth: mime brushing and say “brush brush brush”
• Wash face: mime splashing water and say “splish splash”
• Eat breakfast: mime eating and say “yum yum”
• Wash dishes: mime scrubbing and say “scrub scrub scrub”
• Walk to school: march on the spot with an imaginary umbrella
• Sit at desk: sit up straight and tap tap tap on their knees
• Paint a picture: mime painting with a big brush
• Play music: mime playing their favourite instrument
• Run after school: jog on the spot and say “run run run”
• Make dinner: mime stirring a big pot and say “mix mix mix”
• Family hug: wrap arms around themselves and say “hug hug hug”
• Bath time: mime splashing and say “splash splash splash”
• Brush teeth again: mime brushing and say “brush brush brush”
• Bedtime: hands together under cheek, close eyes and say “yawn yawn yawn”

Sequencing Activity (10 mins)
After reading, ask children to recall the order of the day. What did the girl do first, next, then, last? Call out an activity and see if children can do the action before answering. Use the review questions from the book:

• What do we do when we wake up?
• What helps us get ready for the day?
• Where do we go to learn new things?
• What do we do after school?
• How can we help at home?
• What helps us relax in the evening?
• What do we do before we go to bed?

Rhyme Time (5 mins)
Read the A Day in My Life rhyme from the book together, doing the actions for each part as you go. Encourage children to clap the rhythm and join in with repeated lines. Can they do the whole rhyme with actions by the end?

Activity (10 mins)
Children draw their own daily routine in three boxes: morning, afternoon and evening. They label each drawing with a word or sentence: “In the morning I _____.” Encourage them to use the action verbs from the book.

Match Game (5 mins)
Complete the Match Up sheet together as a class or in pairs. Extend by playing an action version: call out the word and children do the action before matching it to the picture.

Closing (5 mins)
Bring the class together and read the Well Done page from the book aloud. Celebrate everything the children have learned. Give every child a big smile and a high five, just like the book says. Finish with one final run-through of all the actions together from wake up to bedtime. Award the Well Done Certificate to each child. Ask: “What is your favourite part of your daily routine?”

Extension Activities

• Create a class daily routine chart displayed in the classroom using children’s own drawings
• Practise sequencing with first, next, then, last using pictures from the book
• Discuss how routines might differ: what does your morning look like compared to a friend’s?
• Link to maths: what time do you wake up? What time do you go to bed? How many hours is that?
• Write or dictate: “My favourite part of my day is _____ because _____.”
• Role play the full daily routine as a class performance using actions and sound words

Assessment

Children can name at least 5 daily routine activities. Children can sequence morning, afternoon and evening correctly. Children use at least one action verb from the book in a sentence. Children participate in the actions, rhyme and matching activities with confidence.

© Amanda Abbott. Make Life Shine Publishing. This lesson plan is free to use and reproduce for classroom and home learning purposes.