Put away workout clothes
Sweaty workout clothes need to be dealt with right away, a small step easily forgotten when the energy is gone after the activity. A picture makes the step visible in the sequence. See how the support works below.
♀Put away workout clothes
A child folds and sorts clothes into a laundry basket.
About this visual support
After a workout or active play the energy is often gone, and right then a small but easily forgotten step waits: dealing with the sweaty clothes. They tend to end up in a pile on the floor instead of in the laundry basket, and the next time they are needed they are still wet or missing. It is rarely unwillingness, more that the step disappears in the tiredness.
Visual support makes the step visible by giving it its own place after the activity. When the child sees a picture of putting the clothes in the basket as part of finishing the workout, it becomes something to complete, not something to remember later. The picture takes over the reminding, so the clothes end up in the right place while the child is still in motion.
A tip: link the step with something that already happens, like showering or changing after the activity, so the clothes ride along on an existing habit. A fixed link makes the step automatic. In the Routined app you can add this as a small closing step after the workout, so it gets checked off before the child moves on to the next thing.
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