Hang up the helmet
Where is the helmet? The question sounds harmless but usually turns up exactly when you are already late in the morning. The picture below helps a child hang it on its hook as soon as they come in.
♀Hanging up the helmet
A girl hangs her bike helmet on a hook on the wall.
About this visual support
Helmets have a habit of ending up everywhere except where they belong. They get dropped on the hallway floor, left in the garden or buried under a coat, and the next morning the search begins. It is rarely carelessness. The moment a child gets home, their head is already on the way to a snack or toys, and the helmet is the last thing on their mind. That is where a fixed spot and a clear picture make the difference.
Put up a hook at the child's height, close to the front door, and fix the picture on the wall just above or beside it. Then the child does not need to remember an instruction, only recognise the place. After a few weeks the movement sits in the body and the picture becomes more of a confirmation. A concrete tip is to let the child choose the hook or put a sticker on it, so it is clearly their spot. That makes it more fun to use.
The helmet works well as one of several steps when the child comes home, together with shoes and jacket. In Routined you can set up coming home as its own routine with the pictures in the right order. You can try the app for 14 days, and the pictures here are free to download.
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