Put on soccer clothes
Soccer kit has its own order: shin guards land wrong if the socks are already on, the jersey has to tuck into the shorts, and the boots arrive caked with grass and dirt. The visual support below shows exactly which piece goes on when.
♀Changing into soccer clothes
A person pulling a green and white striped soccer jersey over their head while holding blue soccer shorts.
About this visual support
It is not the soccer kit itself that is hard, it is the order. If your child pulls the socks up first, the shin guards end up on top instead of underneath and have to come off again. The jersey tucks into the shorts, not the other way around. And the boots come off outside and get brushed, not carried onto the kitchen floor. Three different mistakes that all happen most weeks.
With the cards in sequence your child does not have to hold the little chain in mind under pressure. First shin guards against the shins, then socks over the top, then shorts, then jersey tucked in, finally boots outside. One clear picture per moment, no doubt about what comes next.
One practical tip: make a paired card with shin guards and socks side by side. That is the step that gets forgotten most often, and if the cards sit next to each other, the gear sits next to each other in the bag too when your child packs the night before. If you want match day on a phone, the Routined app offers a fourteen-day trial.