Buy drinks and snacks
A kiosk is a small shop that moves fast, where choosing, counting money and answering the person behind the counter all have to fit in while a queue builds up behind you. The pictures below split the purchase into steps you can practise calmly at home.
♂Boy buying drinks and snacks
A boy holds out a wallet with money at a counter where a soda can, a bag of crisps and a water bottle are lined up.
About this visual support
A kiosk purchase looks small from the outside, but it holds several things that have to happen almost at once. The child has to decide among everything in the display, keep track of how far the money goes, say what they want to an adult they do not know, and then take change and a receipt. The queue behind means the pace is set by somebody other than the child.
When the steps exist as pictures, they can be practised separately and then joined up: choose first, count next, say it out loud, pay last. One move that usually eases the pressure is settling the choice on the way there, so the child arrives with the decision made and only the payment left to think about at the counter. Letting the child hold a ready note in their hand takes the counting off the list too.
If you want the purchase steps in your pocket, they can be added in Routined, which you can try for fourteen days at no cost.
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