Make bed and open curtains

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The small steps are the first to vanish in the morning. Smoothing the bed and pulling back the curtains rarely fit in when everything else is pressing, and the visual support below lays out the order so your child sees what getting up involves.

A boy makes his bed and opens the curtains as the sun shines through the window.

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Making the bed

A boy makes his bed and opens the curtains as the sun shines through the window.

A boy pulls the curtains open by his bed.

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Opening the curtains

A boy pulls the curtains open by his bed.

A boy straightens the canopy over a made bed.

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Making bed and canopy

A boy straightens the canopy over a made bed.

A boy stands on a stool fixing the curtain above the bed.

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Curtain and bed

A boy stands on a stool fixing the curtain above the bed.

Two panels showing a girl making her bed and then opening the curtain to the sun.

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Bed and curtains

Two panels showing a girl making her bed and then opening the curtain to the sun.

A girl opens the curtain and makes the bed.

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Curtains and make the bed

A girl opens the curtain and makes the bed.

A woman makes the bed next to a window with open curtains.

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Open curtains and make bed

A woman makes the bed next to a window with open curtains.

A woman pulls the curtains open above a made bed.

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Opening the curtains

A woman pulls the curtains open above a made bed.

A woman opens the curtain by a made bed.

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Letting the light in

A woman opens the curtain by a made bed.

A woman draws back the curtain by a made bed.

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Curtain open, bed made

A woman draws back the curtain by a made bed.

A girl draws back the curtain and makes the bed.

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Pull curtains and make bed

A girl draws back the curtain and makes the bed.

About this visual support

When the morning speeds up, the smallest steps are the first to disappear. The bed stays rumpled and the curtains stay shut, not because your child ignores them but because nothing signals that they belong with getting out of bed. A dark room and an unmade bed also leave the morning feeling half-finished.

A visual schedule gives those two steps a place to live. Your child can see that the bed gets made and the curtains get opened right after waking, without having to hold the order in mind while everything else competes for attention. The light that pours in as the curtain opens also shows that the day has begun. Hang one picture by the headboard and one on the window frame, exactly where each step happens, so the reminder sits in the spot instead of in another room. The distance from picture to action stays short, and you skip repeating yourself every single morning.

When you want the whole wake-up gathered in one place, you can build the morning routine in the Routined app, with pictures, order and a calmer start to the day. Try it at no cost for fourteen days.