Take Photos
When you take several photos, it can be hard to know when you are happy and can stop. The visual support gives the activity a number and an ending. Look through the steps below.
♂Take photos
A boy holds a camera up to his face and takes pictures.
About this visual support
Taking several photos sounds simple but hides a long string of choices. What should I point the camera at, is this one good enough, should I take another, and above all: when am I done? Without a clear limit, your child can get stuck taking shot after shot with no sense of where it ends, or lose interest halfway through.
That is why it helps to frame the activity with visual support. When the pictures show choose something to photograph, take the shot, look at it and pick the next, the long chain of decisions becomes a clear sequence. Your child sees that the activity has a shape and an end, and does not have to keep track themselves of how far they have come or when it is time to put the camera down.
One concrete tip: decide on a number of photos in advance, five for instance, and make it a visible goal in the row. When your child knows the fifth shot is the last, it becomes easier to finish without an argument, because the ending was already set and did not arrive as a no in the middle. If you want to put together a small photo round with a start, a number and an ending, you can build it in the Routined app.