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Resist from repeating yourself.
Margo advised parents to only say things once (to their children) in her lecture on: Sensory Rich Environments to Support Learning for Young Children: Simplifying yet Enriching Day to Day Experiences in Home and Care Programs.
We also talked about how day-to-day demands on our children with SPD can become overwhelming. Using visual aids is very helpful. here are some websites to get you started.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/

http://www.visualaidsforlearning.com/

When John was younger, I printed and laminated pictures of his daily activities, glued the rough side of velcro on the back of the pictures and placed them on a felt board every morning.The pictures made each activity real....if it was on the board, it needed to be done and John didn't question this. As we went through each activity, John removed the pictures and put them back in a designated box. The process was very empowering. It worked out really well for us.

We don't do daily chart boards anymore, but we still have a weekly chart; much less sophisticated, but for the whole family. I prepare it on Sunday, print it and hang it up for the week. Meals are a breeze too. We get together and each pick a meal and create a visual chart of what we're eating each day. When the question, "what are we having for supper?" arises, I just direct the children to the meal chart. Again, although the children are older (11, 8 and 5 years old), nobody questions the chart. It's the LAW.

Happy Charting!