Show care
A friend sits quietly in the corner, head bowed. Noticing it, understanding what it means and knowing what to do are three separate steps, and none of them is obvious to everyone. The pictures below show what care can look like.
♂Show care
An adult and a child with a heart between them
About this visual support
Reading another person's feeling comes fast for some and slowly for others. The signs that someone is sad, a slumped posture, a turned-away gaze, a quiet voice, are not always easy to catch in the middle of play. And even when you notice, the step from seeing to doing can feel unclear: should you say something, sit close, fetch help?
Here pictures make an invisible skill concrete. By showing the small steps, notice your friend is sad, go over, ask how they are, offer a hug or company, care becomes something you can practise like any other skill. The pattern is laid out instead of being a feeling you are simply expected to have.
One concrete tip: pair each picture with a simple thing to say, for example how are you doing, so the child has a ready sentence and need not find the words on the spot. That lowers the threshold for actually stepping forward. If you want to practise the exchange at home, you can build the steps as a sequence in the Routined app.