Hop in the bathtub
At the edge of the tub everything changes in a second: cool air around the legs one moment, warm water closing around the whole body the next. The visual support below breaks that quick switch into steps a child can look at before a foot goes in.
♀Step into the bathtub
A girl happily steps into a bathtub and the water splashes.
About this visual support
The temperature changes in under a second. Feet are standing on a cool bathroom floor, then warm water closes around the calves and the rest of the body follows. For a child who notices how things meet the skin, it is the switch itself that grates, not the bath. The resistance usually shows up right at the edge, when the body has no idea what is waiting on the other side.
Visual support adds time in front of that step. One picture of a hand testing the water, one of a foot over the rim, one of sitting down: the child sees what the body is about to do before it does it, instead of taking the whole change at once. A trick that carries a long way is letting the child pour a mug of bath water over their own forearm while you look at the picture together. The skin learns the temperature first, and stepping over the edge becomes a confirmation rather than a surprise.
The pictures on this page are free to download. If you would rather have the whole bath routine running in order on a screen, you can try Routined free for fourteen days and combine the steps with a timer and check-offs.