Put laundry in the basket
Putting laundry in the basket is a simple action that becomes automatic only when it recurs the same way every time. A picture by the basket makes the habit visible and easy to remember. See how the support works below.
♀Put laundry in the basket
A child drops clothes into a laundry basket.
About this visual support
Putting dirty laundry in the basket is one of those small habits that seem obvious to an adult but are not at all for a child. The clothes end up on the floor, on the chair or wherever they were taken off, simply because the step of going to the basket is not yet in the muscle memory. It is not laziness, but a habit not yet built.
Visual support helps the habit form by making the action visible right where it should happen. A picture by the laundry basket reminds where the clothes should go, without anyone having to say it every night. When the picture is in place, the step becomes part of the room rather than something to remember, and over time the child does it on their own.
A tip: place the picture exactly where the laundry most often ends up wrong, for example by the bed or the bathroom door, so the reminder is where the decision is made. The right place makes the habit easy to follow. In the Routined app you can add this as a small step in the evening routine, so it becomes a natural part of getting ready for the night.
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