Brush Teeth and Hair
In the morning energy is low and it is easy for a hygiene task to fall away before anyone notices, until later. The steps below hold the morning's parts together so nothing is forgotten.
♀Brushing hair and teeth
A girl brushes her hair with a brush and holds a toothbrush with toothpaste.
♀Combing and brushing teeth
A girl combs her long hair while brushing her teeth.
♀Brushing teeth with comb
A girl brushes her teeth while holding a comb to her hair.
About this visual support
Morning tiredness can make even a short hygiene routine drift apart. The brain works more slowly right after waking, and then a small distraction is enough for the teeth to get brushed but the hair forgotten, or the other way round. It often goes unnoticed until you are already heading out the door, and by then there is no time left to fix it.
What helps is not more reminders in the moment but an outside structure that does not depend on the child remembering. A visual support gathers the morning's hygiene steps in one place so the whole is always visible. When every part is shown in pictures, it becomes clear if something is still waiting, and the child can see it without an adult having to ask.
Let the visual support hang where the hygiene happens, by the mirror or the basin, so it catches the eye just as the steps are due rather than long before. The closeness between picture and action means fewer steps fall away. In the Routined app you can gather the morning's parts in a routine the child can follow on their own.