Go home and eat lunch

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Breaking off what you are doing, getting home and sitting down to lunch is a shift that clashes with low energy and hunger. A picture shows the way from activity to food. See how the support works below.

A child carries a plate of food toward a house.

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Go home and eat lunch

A child carries a plate of food toward a house.

About this visual support

Going home to eat lunch sounds simple, but it contains several transitions that clash: breaking off what you are doing, heading home and landing at the table. When hunger and tiredness also lower patience, this kind of change often becomes a point where the day grinds.

Visual support makes the way from activity to food visible. When the child sees the steps, finish, go home, wash hands, eat, the transition becomes a sequence to follow rather than a sudden stop. It helps the brain let go of the last thing and aim at the next, and a picture of the food can also stir the appetite and make the walk home more appealing.

A tip: talk about lunch before you break off the activity, and show the picture, so the child knows what is coming and that the interruption leads to something good. Knowing what comes lowers resistance. In the Routined app you can place the walk home and lunch as two clear steps, so the transition gets a direction.