Make coffee
Making coffee is five small handgrips in a fixed order, then a few quiet minutes while the machine works. The visual support below shows each move so the child can follow along without guessing the next step.
♀Making coffee
A person making coffee with a coffee machine and a scoop.
About this visual support
The tricky part of making coffee is not strength in the hands, it is the order. Skip the measure and the coffee turns watery, forget the water and the machine sounds odd, lift the filter too early and the grounds spill down. Each move connects to the next, and the steps are not visible on the machine itself.
With visual support, the child sees the whole sequence at once, from filter and measure to the button and the pot. It also becomes clear that part of the task is simply to wait, that the coffee is not ready just because the button has been pressed. That wait can sit as its own card in the chain, which makes it easier to stay in the kitchen instead of starting over.
One concrete tip: place a small bowl next to the machine where the scoop always lives. When the card shows measure and the bowl is in place, the step runs itself. In the Routined app you can extend the sequence with a brewing timer so the child knows exactly when the cup is drinkable.