Go to the bike trailer
There are only a few metres between the front door and the bike trailer, but for a small child they are full of things to look at and stop for. The picture below shows a girl walking up to the bike with the trailer behind it.
♀Going to the bike trailer
A girl with a ponytail walks up to a bicycle with a red and yellow child trailer behind it.
About this visual support
The morning went well until the hall. Shoes are on, the jacket is zipped, and then everything stops at a puddle, a snail or the neighbour's cat on the way out to the bike trailer. For toddlers the shift from indoors to outdoors is one of the hardest of the day, because it asks your child to let go of what is happening right now for something that will happen later. Helmet, straps and waiting while the adult locks the door make the distance longer than it looks.
The picture shows a girl with a ponytail walking up to a bicycle with a red and yellow child trailer behind it. Use it as the last picture in the morning routine, after shoes and outdoor clothes, so your child sees where they are going before the door opens. Add your own pictures for the helmet and for climbing into the trailer, so each part of setting off gets its own step.
A practical tip is to give your child a job on the way, such as opening the trailer's rain cover or fetching the helmet from its hook, so the walk has a purpose. It is easier to walk past the puddle when you are on your way to do something. In Routined, Go to the bike trailer can be the last step of the morning schedule, and the app can be tried for 14 days at no cost.
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