Gym time
Gym time is never only about the body moving, but about a body moving in front of others. The visual support below makes the run of events predictable from start to the closing huddle.
♀Gym time
A woman in athletic clothes is jumping rope. A red dumbbell and a treadmill are on the ground beside her.
About this visual support
What is hard about gym time is often not the effort itself but the fact that the effort happens in public. A teacher is making judgments, classmates are visible in the corner of the eye, and the body is constantly being compared to others without anyone saying it out loud. For a child who already spends energy reading social signals, this is a double load before the warm-up even ends.
A visual support turns the order around. Instead of guessing what comes next, the child sees the sequence already in place: change, gather, warm-up, main activity, cool-down. The room becomes a place where the events are known, which leaves less space for the uncomfortable inner question of what everyone else thinks.
A specific idea: add a picture of a spot in the hall where the child can stand, a particular line or corner, so the events have a geography to hang on. If you want the same sequence in an app with a timer per moment, Routined comes with a 14-day trial.