Get Ready for Tomorrow
Packing the bag tonight rests on imagining a tomorrow that feels far away right now. The visual support below makes tomorrow visible already in the evening, so a child knows exactly what to lay out.
♀Pack the bag
A girl packs a backpack next to a calendar and items for the next day.
About this visual support
Evening preparation is about looking ahead: laying out clothes and packing the bag tonight means a child has to picture a tomorrow that does not exist yet. For many children that leap is hard, because tomorrow feels distant and abstract while the evening is here and now and far more tempting.
Visual support brings tomorrow closer by showing it as concrete pictures tonight. When the child sees the image of the school bag, the gym kit and the clothes to set out, the abstract future becomes something to point at and arrange right now. The planning moves out of the head, where it is easily forgotten, into something visible on the table.
A tip: set the items out in a fixed spot, for example a chair by the door, and let each picture match one thing that belongs there. Then the evening prep becomes a short round where the child ticks off place by place. If you want the routine to travel along and remind, you can build it in the Routined app and try fourteen days free.