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Set up the Weekly Planner.

One calm view of the week — so "what's on today?" stops being a daily negotiation.

⏱️ 5 minutes👤 Parent🎯 Result: a weekly rhythm your child can see

Tasks handle the what; the Weekly Planner handles the when. You set the week's shape once on your Parent Dashboard, and your child sees it from their Earn tab via My planner → — predictability is one of the kindest things you can give an ADHD brain.

Set up the week

  1. Open the Planner tab on your Parent Dashboard — "Plan the week ahead with visual routines".
    The KidsFocus parent Weekly Planner showing the week label, focus note, morning routine, weekly anchors, key reminders, the Monday to Friday schedule grid, and the Today's Routines panel
    The Weekly Planner: anchors, reminders and the Mon–Fri grid on one calm page.
  2. Name the week with a Week label, e.g. "School week". The Copy schedule dropdown duplicates an existing week — a lifesaver for siblings with similar schedules.
    The week label field and Copy schedule dropdown at the top of the Weekly Planner
    Name the week — Copy schedule duplicates an existing one.
  3. Add a Focus note — the week's one priority in plain words, like "Keep afternoons calm — one thing at a time."
    The focus note field in the Weekly Planner
    One priority for the week, in plain words.
  4. Fill in the Morning routine — a time window plus the steps, e.g. 7:00–7:45 am: wake up + make bed, brush teeth, get dressed, eat breakfast, pack school bag.
    The morning routine section of the Weekly Planner with a time window and step rows
    A time window plus the steps — the morning, made visible.
  5. Add Weekly anchors — the fixed points: "School 9:00 am – 3:15 pm", "Dinner at 6:00 pm", "Bedtime routine starts 8:00 pm".
    The weekly anchors field in the Weekly Planner
    Anchors are the fixed points everything else hangs off.
  6. Add Key reminders — the don't-forgets: "Swimming bag on Wednesday", "Library book due Friday".
    The key reminders field in the Weekly Planner
    The don't-forgets: swimming bag, library book, show-and-tell.
  7. Build the Mon–Fri grid — time rows for the after-school hours (3:30 pm snack + downtime, 4:15 pm reading, 5:00 pm free play…) and plans for Saturday and Sunday.
    The Monday to Friday schedule grid in the Weekly Planner with time rows for the after-school hours
    The Mon–Fri grid: after-school hours, row by row.
  8. Save. The week's shape now shows up for your child — and the Today's Routines panel pulls today's items into one glanceable list.
    The Today's Routines side panel in the Weekly Planner listing today's items
    Today's Routines pulls today's items into one glanceable list.

What your child sees

Kids don't manage the planner — they just live in it. From their Earn tab, My planner → shows the week you built: no editing, no decisions, just clarity about what happens when.

💡 Sunday-night ritual

Update the planner Sunday evening, with your child where possible. Five minutes of co-planning kills most of Monday's surprises — and surprises are what ADHD mornings run on.

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