Go to kitchen
The kitchen is a few steps away, yet for some children those steps mark the edge of something else entirely. The pictures below follow the whole transition from where they are to the chair waiting at the table.
♂Go to kitchen
An illustration of a person walking towards a kitchen sink and a refrigerator, with arrows showing movement.
About this visual support
A walk of five metres does not sound like much. Factor in the smell of food already meeting your child in the hallway, the waiting task of eating something they did not choose, and the fact that they have to leave whatever they finally settled into, and it stops being a corridor and becomes a change of state.
That is why framing the path itself as a thing helps. The visual support marks the starting point, the doorway, what greets them as they walk in, and where the chair stands. It is less a map than a ladder that softens the threshold so smells and lights arrive in a known order.
A practical tip: place a pause card right at the kitchen doorway, one that says breathe or look in first. The threshold turns into one rung in a sequence rather than a sudden collision. If you want the transition woven into the rest of the day, Routined can stitch the move into the routines that come before and after it. 14-day free trial.