• Personalize the routine and ritual to balance your temperament style with your child’s.

• Stay flexible and adjust routines and rituals to your child’s learning styles and changing developmental needs.

• Use words that refer to sequence, such as “first,” “second,” and “next,” which help your child learn to put the day’s events in order, giving her a sense of comfort and predictability long before she can tell time.

• A routine or ritual that works for one child may not work for another. Don’t get discouraged. Simply create new ones until you find one that works for your child.

• Remember that most young children love repetition, and often enjoy reading the same book over and over again.

• Adapt practices to your cultural beliefs.