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Holidays
Penny's Holiday Pack
A calm, screen-free December
23 printable pages: 12 Penny coloring pages, a letter to Santa, a bedtime countdown, a Christmas Eve checklist, gift tags, thank-you notes and more.
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The shop
Printables for real parenting fights
Every one of these started as a problem in our house. Instant download, print at home, and most let you type your kid's name right on them.
Screen time
Weekend TV Stars
Kids earn their weekend screen time
An editable weekly chart. Kids earn stars for jobs and good choices all week, then trade them for TV time on the weekend.
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Bedtime
Penny's Bedtime Routine Set
Fewer bedtime battles
5 printables that walk kids through bedtime with Penny, and settle who goes first. Type names right on them, or print them blank.
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Big feelings
Penny's Calm-Down Corner Kit
Tools for big feelings
Help little ones name big feelings and find their calm. A feelings chart, 8 calm tool cards, a corner poster and more, with Penny showing the way.
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Big feelings
Penny's Big First Day
A storybook for first-day nerves
Penny is nervous about her first day of school. Mama teaches her a little trick, and Penny ends up sharing it with a new friend. A printable read-aloud with first-day activity pages.
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Siblings
Penny Goes First
A storybook for the "Me first!" fight
Penny and her little sister Poppy fight over who goes first every night, until Mama hangs a Turn Chart on the fridge. A printable read-aloud with a turn chart to fill in.
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Bedtime
Penny's Sparkly Teeth
A storybook for kids who fight brushing
Penny thinks brushing is boring, until Mama teaches her a song for all four corners. A printable read-aloud with a morning-and-night brushing chart.
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Bedtime
Penny and the Big Bath
A storybook for kids who run from bath time
Muddy Penny hides from bath time, until Mama puts bubble days on the calendar. A printable read-aloud with a weekly bath night calendar.
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Holidays
Penny's Holiday Pack
23 printable pages: 12 Penny coloring pages, a letter to Santa, a bedtime countdown, a Christmas Eve checklist, gift tags, thank-you notes and more.
What's inside
- 12 coloring pages starring Penny
- Letter to Santa
- Bedtime countdown: color one star each night
- Christmas Eve bedtime checklist
- Connect the dots, spot the difference and a maze
- 8 gift tags and 4 thank-you notes
Why we made it: We wanted December to feel calmer at our house. Coloring one star each night before bed turned the countdown into part of our bedtime routine.
Screen time
Weekend TV Stars
An editable weekly chart. Kids earn stars for jobs and good choices all week, then trade them for TV time on the weekend.
What's inside
- Editable chart: type your child's name and jobs
- You set how many minutes each star is worth
- Bonus row for extra kind or helpful moments
- A weekend TV bank to add up the minutes
Why we made it: We made this for our own girls. Screen time stopped being a daily fight once it became something they earned.
Bedtime
Penny's Bedtime Routine Set
5 printables that walk kids through bedtime with Penny, and settle who goes first. Type names right on them, or print them blank.
What's inside
- Bedtime Routine Chart: 8 picture steps from bath to sleep tight
- 8 Bedtime Picture Cards to line up by the bed
- Who Goes First? tracker: type both names once and the week fills in
- Two-Minute Teeth chart for morning and night
- Bath Night Calendar for up to 3 kids
Why we made it: Our bedtime fights were always the same three: who brushes first, not wanting to brush, and skipping bath. This set is what fixed them.
Big feelings
Penny's Calm-Down Corner Kit
Help little ones name big feelings and find their calm. A feelings chart, 8 calm tool cards, a corner poster and more, with Penny showing the way.
What's inside
- How Do I Feel? chart with 8 Penny faces
- 8 Calm Tool Cards, like flower breath and bubble breath
- My Calm-Down Corner poster with 4 easy steps
- Star Breathing page: trace the star, take 5 big breaths
- Daily Feelings Check-In
Why we made it: When feelings got big at our house, telling the kids to calm down never worked. Giving them a word for the feeling and one simple thing to try did.
Big feelings
Penny's Big First Day
Penny is nervous about her first day of school. Mama teaches her a little trick, and Penny ends up sharing it with a new friend. A printable read-aloud with first-day activity pages.
What's inside
- 13 illustrated story pages
- A "Try It With Penny" breathing page
- My Big First Day Checklist
- All About My First Day page to fill in and draw
Why we made it: This is the first Penny Story. We wrote it for every kid who gets butterflies before something new.
Siblings
Penny Goes First
Penny and her little sister Poppy fight over who goes first every night, until Mama hangs a Turn Chart on the fridge. A printable read-aloud with a turn chart to fill in.
What's inside
- 13 illustrated story pages
- A "Try It With Penny" page on making a turn chart
- Our Turn Chart for the week (type the names right in)
- My Turn, Your Turn page to fill in and draw
Why we made it: Our two girls fought over who brushed first every single night. A simple chart fixed it, so we wrote the book.
Bedtime
Penny's Sparkly Teeth
Penny thinks brushing is boring, until Mama teaches her a song for all four corners. A printable read-aloud with a morning-and-night brushing chart.
What's inside
- 13 illustrated story pages
- A "Try It With Penny" page: up on top, down below, side to side
- My Sparkly Teeth Chart for the week
- My Sparkly Smile page to fill in and draw
Why we made it: Getting our girls to brush for two whole minutes was a nightly fight until we turned it into a song.
Bedtime
Penny and the Big Bath
Muddy Penny hides from bath time, until Mama puts bubble days on the calendar. A printable read-aloud with a weekly bath night calendar.
What's inside
- 13 illustrated story pages
- A "Try It With Penny" page for easier bath nights
- My Bath Night Calendar for the week
- Bath Time Is Fun Time page to fill in and draw
Why we made it: Our girls wanted to skip bath every night. Putting bath nights on the calendar ended the fight.
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