Clean the sink
Scrubbing around the tap needs force and finger control at the same time, and the glossy surface hides where the sponge has already been. That is where it gets frustrating. The pictures below split the sink into areas you take one at a time.
♂Person cleaning the sink
A person in a blue t-shirt sprays cleaner onto a sink and wipes it with a yellow sponge, with a red bucket on the floor.
♀Clean the sink
A girl scrubs a sink with a sponge next to a bucket and a spray bottle.
About this visual support
Around the tap the grime sits in narrow grooves, and in the corners the sponge has to be pressed into an angle the hand can barely reach. It takes precision and pressure at once, and because the porcelain is wet and shiny, you cannot see where you have already scrubbed. It is easy to lose the thread halfway through.
When the steps sit as pictures, first spray, then the tap, then the walls, then the base, and finally rinse, the glossy surface breaks into concrete parts. The child does not have to hold the whole sink in their head but can clear one square at a time and see on the picture row that the end is near. That makes a motor-demanding task graspable.
A hands-on tip: keep a dry cloth nearby and wipe each area dry right after scrubbing, so the child sees in black and white where it is clean and where the sponge should go next. The slippery surface becomes readable. To save the order and reuse it every week, you can build the steps as a recurring chore in the Routined app.
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