Healthy Habits Chart for Kids Ages 8–12
A healthy habits chart is a new year, new routine chart for children: brushing teeth twice, fruit and vegetables, water, reading, playing outside and getting to bed on time. A tick for every day they manage each one, so good habits grow week by week. Perfect for January, and for any fresh start.
Your child’s name · edit every task · 12 pictures · instant printable PDF
8 tasks on a healthy habits chart for age 8–12
For ages 8–12 the tasks are bigger jobs and habits, and the chart uses a less babyish look that older children are happy to hang up. Use them as they are, or change them to fit your family.
- Brush teeth twice
- 5 fruit & veg
- Drink 6 glasses of water
- Read for 20 minutes
- Move for an hour
- Practise my instrument
- Screens off an hour before bed
- Bed on time
How to use it
- 1.Start on a Monday, or on the first of the month, as a fresh start.
- 2.Tick each habit as it happens, through the day.
- 3.Look at the chart together on Sunday: which habit was easiest, which needs help?
- 4.Print a new week every week, and keep the old ones to see how far they've come.
Tips
- Pick habits the whole family can do together.
- Give older children a say in their own goals: it makes them stick.
- Celebrate a full week with a small reward like pizza night.
- Add your own: practise an instrument, a kind act, ten minutes of tidying.
Matching charts for brothers and sisters
A family set gives every child the same chart with their own name, two to eight of them, one page each. €9.90 for the whole family.
Make a family set →Make your healthy habits chart
It opens with these tasks. Add your child’s name and their reward, change anything, pick a picture, and download the PDF the moment you pay.
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Questions
- How do you use a healthy habits chart?
- Start on a Monday, or on the first of the month, as a fresh start. Tick each habit as it happens, through the day. Look at the chart together on Sunday: which habit was easiest, which needs help? Print a new week every week, and keep the old ones to see how far they've come.
- What goes on a healthy habits chart for age 8–12?
- Brush teeth twice, 5 fruit & veg, Drink 6 glasses of water, Read for 20 minutes and more: every task is listed on this page, each with its picture. For ages 8–12 the tasks are bigger jobs and habits, and the chart uses a less babyish look that older children are happy to hang up.
- Can I change the tasks?
- Yes: change any task, pick its picture from more than 70 icons, reorder them, add your own or take some away, up to ten.
- Can I make one for each of my children?
- Yes, with a family set: the same chart for two to eight children, each with their own name on their own page, for €9.90.
- How do I print it?
- You get a landscape PDF at the paper size you choose, A4 or US Letter for most, ready to print at home as often as you like.