In terms of getting up too early in the morning some friends of mine have had good success with a Gro-Clock which gives children a visual indicator of when it's ok to get up:
Yep, we hear our daughter shuffling around in bed, sighing and generally being restless and then at bang on 7am there's the sound of her getting out of bed and running in to our room shouting "Mummy, Daddy, the sun came up!"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gro-Clock-HJ008-Gro-Clock-Trainer/dp...