Monday Dad Week
Switching homes on a Monday means a different bed, a different fridge and a different morning rhythm. The visual support below lays out the whole week at dad's place so the change feels less abrupt.
Monday with Dad
A calendar icon showing the letter M for Monday, an image of a man and a circular arrow pointing to 'Monday' in a week cycle.
About this visual support
The shift to dad's week tends to land on an ordinary Monday afternoon, and within a few hours the child has to adjust to a different bed, different snacks in the cupboard and a set of rules that don't quite match the other home. That cognitive load piles on top of an already long school day.
A weekly visual schedule lets the child look forward across all seven days: which evening is football, when is the food delivery, when does mum pick up next. With the week laid out on the wall instead of held in a single conversation, the child can wander over and check whenever uncertainty rises, without having to ask the same question repeatedly.
A practical idea: mark each day with a small icon for whose home it is, so the rhythm of the fortnight becomes visible at a glance. Inside Routined you can build the schedule digitally and share it with the other parent, so both households speak the same visual language during the 14-day trial.
Use this image in a schedule
Build your own visual schedule with this image and download it as a print-ready PDF. Completely free.
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Take the visual supports with you
In Routined you build schedules from these pictures, add timers and voice instructions, and your child follows the day on their own.
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