So far, so good

It's only the first day, but so far this kid-readable list has been a humongous hit with Rimonit:

The idea is that instead of me nudging her to do the same things every day, she can just look at the list (magneted to the inside of the front door, which in Israel are usually metal) and do it herself. She was so excited about it today! She loved the independence of the list, and raced to perform each task, and then back to the door to find out what the next thing was until she had gone through each item. I had to hold her off from putting on her backpack half an hour before it was time to go (yes, they launch themselves out of bed way too early in the morning!).

And when the time did actually come to walk out the door, Rimonit heard me telling Kinneret to put on her backpack and called out: "Don't tell me to put on my backpack! I know already! It's on the list!" and did it on her own.

Who knows what will happen when the novelty wears off, but in the meantime there's this:

Rimonit has already told me eagerly that when she comes home she's going to follow the post-gan sign. No way of knowing how it will play out, but at least it's a good start.