Printables
Practical sheets to print or save as PDFs, for the fridge door or for anyone else who looks after your child.
How to print
Every printable can be printed straight from its page or saved as a PDF.
- Print from the page. Open the printable and press Print, or use your browser’s print command (Ctrl+P on Windows, Command+P on a Mac). Only the sheet prints; the site’s menus and buttons are left out.
- Download the PDF. Press Download PDF to keep a copy on your phone or computer. The PDFs are A4 size. On US Letter paper, choose “Fit to page” or a similar scaling option in the print dialog.
- No color printer needed. Black and white is fine.
- Print a few copies. Use a fresh routine chart each week, or slip one into a clear plastic sleeve and check the boxes with a dry-erase marker so you can wipe it and use it again.
- Hang it where your child can see it. Put the routine chart, calm-down plan and family rules poster at your child’s eye level.
- Take the quiz on screen. The age finder works out the result for you online, and the printed version comes with a scoring key.
Find your child’s stage
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Age finder quiz
10 questions about what your child does now point you to the age page to start with. Take it online, or print it and score it by hand.
One-page summaries by age
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Babies (0-12 months)
The first year needs no punishment. It needs a grown-up who responds, a few predictable routines, and a home that is safe to explore.
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Toddlers (1-3 years)
Your job at this age is simple to say and hard to do: hold a few firm limits, keep them kind, and help your child calm down when feelings get too big.
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Preschoolers (3-5 years)
This is the age for the whole approach: make the rules clear, notice when things go well, and keep consequences calm and brief.
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Starting school (5-7 years)
Starting school brings long days, new rules and new people, and new questions at home: what to do about a lie, a lost privilege or a fight over what’s fair.
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School age (7-10 years)
This is the age of more homework, more friends and more screens, and more negotiating about all three. Your role shifts from running every minute to coaching, solving problems together and handing over trust step by step.
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Preteens (10-12 years)
Puberty may be starting, friends matter more than ever, and your child wants a say in the rules. Discipline now runs on trust: fewer orders, more negotiation, clear limits that still hold, and a relationship your child wants to confide in.
Learning at home one-pagers
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Babies (0-12 months)
In the first year, helping your baby learn starts with the most ordinary things: notice what your baby does, answer it, and give them a turn.
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Toddlers (1-3 years)
Toddlers pick up words, numbers and persistence in the middle of ordinary days. Keep the conversation going, read together, let them try things themselves, and notice their effort.
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Preschoolers (3-5 years)
Preschoolers can talk about yesterday, imagine tomorrow and argue about the rules of a game. That makes this a great age for stories, questions, board games and practice at waiting.
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Starting school (5-7 years)
Starting school brings new skills and new pressures. Your part at home is mostly small, ordinary things done often: reading together, playing with numbers, a calm homework routine and enough sleep.
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School age (7-10 years)
From 7 to 10, school asks more, and homework and screens can fill the evenings. What helps at home is steady and low-key: a homework routine, better ways to practice, real choices and protected sleep.
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Preteens (10-12 years)
From 10 to 12, school asks for more independent work and your child asks for more independence. What helps at home is a calm homework routine, study methods that actually work, real choices, praise for the work rather than the person, and protected sleep.
Everyday tools
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Morning and evening routine chart
A printable morning and evening routine chart with a picture for every step, so children who cannot read yet can follow it and check off each step.
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My calm-down plan
A printable calm-down plan to fill in with your child at a calm moment: how big feelings show up, what helps, where to go and who can help, plus tips for grown-ups.
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Family rules poster
A printable family rules poster with a few positive rules you can keep, change or replace, blank lines for your own, and a space for everyone to sign.