Activity book
A spread with a maze, dots to connect and an empty box to draw in. It all shows up at once, and your child has no idea where to begin. The visual support below breaks the book into one thing at a time.
Activity book
An open activity book showing a maze on one page and a drawing of a sun, rainbow and flowers with a crayon on the other.
About this visual support
What looks calm to an adult can be a wall of choices to a child. An activity spread shows the maze, the puzzle page and a box to draw in all at once, and instead of starting, your child just sits and looks at everything without picking anything.
Visual support doesn't make the page less busy, but it removes the question of where to begin. One picture at a time points to a single task: the maze first, then the drawing, then the stickers. The child no longer has to hold the whole book in mind, only the next small step in front of them.
A concrete tip: place a picture next to the book itself and turn it face down once the task is finished. The little pile of flipped cards becomes a visible receipt of what's already done, and your child sees it shrink.
If you want to build sequences like this yourself, you can download free pictures here, and in the Routined app you can string them into an order your child follows on screen.