Moving house family meeting: agenda and tips
A 24-minute agenda to share the plan, let children choose some things, and give everyone a job, with what to decide and how long to keep it.
The agenda (24 minutes)
- min 0Step 1: Why we are moving and when4 min
- min 4Step 2: What the new place is like4 min
- min 8Step 3: What each child gets to choose in their new room4 min
- min 12Step 4: Packing jobs by age5 min
- min 17Step 5: Goodbyes: friends, places, a last visit4 min
- min 21Step 6: Moving-day plan for the children3 min
Decide and write down
- Packing jobs
- Goodbye plans
- Who looks after the children on the day
When and how long
- When
- as soon as the move is decided, then a week before moving day
- How long
- 10 to 15 minutes with children from 4
- Goal
- share the plan, let children choose some things, and give everyone a job
After the meeting, TaskFamily keeps what you decided: a moving-day checklist, shared packing lists and jobs with points.
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The agenda timings are TaskFamily's suggestion for the age of the youngest child at the table. The guide text is drafted with AI from these numbers and checked automatically before it is published.