Stop the alarm

About this visual support

A shrill beep cuts through sleep and the body jolts before your child even knows where it is coming from. Fumbling for the right button in the dark, with slow fingers, can turn into a stressful opening to a day that has barely begun. It is rarely laziness, more that the body is still in sleep even as the eyes flicker open.

A picture that shows exactly what to do, reach out your hand, press the button, let the sound fall quiet, gives something to lean on while thoughts are still foggy. Put the card on the bedside table next to the clock, so the first thing your child sees is the same step every morning. The switch-off then becomes a habit in the hand rather than a small problem to solve each time. And once the move sits, your child can do it alone, without anyone calling from the next room.

The images below are made to print and stand where the alarm sits. If you want to link the switch-off to the rest of the morning, you can try Routined free for fourteen days and build the whole wake-up in order.