Some really good ideas here.

Ali thanks so much. You reminded me we had talked about a chart but I never got around to making it. I will do that tomorrow. We were going to put on it keep room tidy, empty and load dishwasher... And something else. I forget. Bad mummy. Anyway. I will do that.

Thanks for all the reassurance that the six months before school can be the hardest. I really hope that's it... Like I said, she's smart, so the boredom thing rings true. I'm going to look into reading eggs... Mathletics...

And I'm going to ask about the seatbelt lock thing. Actually I will tell DD about it and see if that helps.

Edit: wysiwyg, thanks, just saw your response... That rings true, wanting to help... It's possible she heard the car (loud Diesel engine) and thought she was helping. The seatbelt was on the way home from kinder but we were up on the main road that goes from the highway down to my street (if you remember how far up that is?) so we were only about half way home. Don't know.

Ok, phew, might need to readdress things. This needs thinking...