Get bags
Bringing in bags is as much a head task as an arm task. Weight has to be balanced, the door propped open and nothing left behind in the car. The visual support below breaks it into clear steps.
♀Woman getting bags
A woman with short dark curly hair and a blue t-shirt leans forward and picks up two brown shopping bags.
About this visual support
Balancing the load, gripping properly and keeping track of what is still in the boot – one simple errand quickly turns into four or five small decisions in a row. For a child helping out, that is often too many things to hold in mind at once, and the bag with eggs ends up in the wrong hand.
Visual support lets the child see the whole chain laid out: open the boot, look over everything, split the bags, carry inside and close up. With each step visible, the child does not have to keep the plan in their head and can focus on the part happening right now. It also gives the parent something to point at instead of reeling off instructions on the move.
A concrete tip: let the child start with the light bags and use the picture of the boot as the final step – that piece is the one most often forgotten when arms are full. In the Routined app, you can pull the trip in from the car together as a short routine with a timer, so the child can see when it is done.