Pack the swim bag
One forgotten swimsuit and the whole trip falls through. That is exactly why the swim bag is one of those packs where every single item counts. Walk through the visual support below before you leave, and everything will be in place.
♀Pack the swim bag
A child in a swimsuit packs goggles and a towel into a bag.
About this visual support
There is a kind of packing where a single gap sinks the whole plan. Forget the swimsuit and the child cannot swim, forget the towel and the ride home is cold and wet. The swim bag belongs there: few items, but every one is needed, and they are easy to mix up with everyday clothes in a hurry.
This is where a visual schedule earns its keep by making the invisible visible. Each item gets its own picture, and the child can recognise swimsuit, goggles, towel, shampoo and a bag for the wet things afterwards. With the picture in front of them, a missing item shows up by the front door, not later in the changing room. Packing against the images themselves also builds an independence that lasts.
One tip specific to swimming: add a card for the plastic bag for the wet things afterwards, the step that is almost always forgotten and the one that soaks the rest of the bag. If you want to reuse the same checklist every week, you can save it in Routined and tick the items off as you go, with fourteen days free to try. The images below also print well to tape up by the door.