Throw away trash
Before the hand drops anything into the bin, the brain has already made several calls: what it is, whether it is rubbish or recycling, and which container it belongs in. The pictures below make those choices visible.
♀Girl throws away trash
A girl throws a small paper bag into a trash can.
About this visual support
Throwing away trash looks like one task but is really three or four: identify the object, decide if it is rubbish, find the right container and finally let go. For children who struggle to hold several steps in mind at once, it is often the first decision that gets stuck. Is this actually rubbish, or is it something I want to keep.
The picture helps here. With each step laid out as its own frame, it becomes possible to stop at one decision at a time instead of trying to think the whole chain in one go. A concrete tip: pause briefly between image two and three, so the child gets to choose the container with their eyes before the hand moves. That lowers the risk of a milk carton ending up in the general waste just because the body was already on its way forward.
If you want to extend it with more sorting categories, you can put the sequence together in Routined and tailor it to how you sort at home.