Morning Routine in English - 20 Phrases Parents Say Every Day

The phrases a morning runs on, from Time to get up and I'll open the curtains to Will you make your bed?, Fold your pajamas and We're going to be late.

Coursebooks teach the morning as a list of actions - get up, make the bed, get dressed. A parent speaking English at home needs the sentences around those actions: Wakey wakey, Did you sleep well?, Do you want to snooze a little bit?, It's so stuffy in here, Hurry up, we're going to be late. The video collects these phrases in the order a morning actually goes, from the alarm to the door.

Along the way come the words for the bedroom - alarm, pillow, bed sheet, duvet, pajamas, curtains - and a warm-up to finish. The English stays at A1-A2, so the phrases can be used with a child the very next morning; because the routine repeats every day, they get repeated every day too, which is exactly what makes them stick.