[Tasmanian Saint]

We don't have a tidy up routine, but I (try to) have one thing tidied away before we start the next.

I'm not sure packing one thing away before getting the next out is necessarily appropriate for LEs. I know it works for some people, and if so, go ahead but for my kids, what I observed was that they would move back and forth between two or more activities. Often, between something new/difficult and something old/mastered. I think they do this to give their brains a break, or to build their own confidence... I don't think the concept of 'finished with' makes a lot of sense to them... that's why I preferred tidying at the end of the day, even though they are tired... And I definitely find playful parenting to be the best kind of help (you can use it at Step 4, you don't have to think of it straight away )