Ears

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Ears sit somewhere a child never sees, and unlike hands or knees they feel exactly the same after washing as before. That is why they get forgotten almost every time, and the pictures below put them back on the map of the body.

An ear

A close-up of a single ear seen from the side.

About this visual support

There is a plain reason ears keep getting left out: a child cannot see them in the mirror without turning their head, and they feel identical before and after washing. Hands come out visibly clean, knees feel cool once the dirt is gone, but an ear gives no receipt at all. Without feedback the brain has no reason to file the step away for next time.

A picture fills exactly that gap. It shows where the ear sits and that it belongs in the washing order, and it does so without an adult repeating the same reminder every evening. The card is useful well beyond the bathroom too, when body parts are being named, when something hurts, or when ear defenders and hats have to go on. One tip: let the child run a finger behind the ear after washing. The finger finds the fold back there easily, and that fold is where most of it tends to stay.

In Routined the picture can join the washing routine alongside the rest of the body, in whatever order suits you.