Towel
Wet hands, the tap still running and a towel hanging half a metre away – that is exactly where many children lose the thread in the bathroom. The visual support below gives the towel its own place in the chain, between what just happened and what comes next.
Towel
A light blue folded towel.
About this visual support
A towel is a small object with one clear job, but it always turns up in the middle of something else. Hands are already wet, the next step is waiting, and a child who forgets to dry off leaves a trail down the hallway. Knowing exactly where the towel hangs and when it comes into play makes the end of the routine far less soggy.
On a card, the towel becomes its own point rather than a detail that disappears. The child sees that drying comes after the soap and the rinse, and before whatever is next. For younger children it helps when the picture resembles the towel that actually hangs at home, same colour and same hook, so no extra thinking is needed to connect image and reality.
One practical move: hang the towel at the child's own height and put the picture on the wall beside the hook, not by the door. That way the reminder sits where the hand is already going. In Routined you can build the whole bathroom routine with pictures and a timer, with 14 days to try it before the subscription starts.