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Home Routines Pack
PawSteps · Calm Mornings, Easy Evenings · For Parents & Carers
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✔ 7 pages, A4 print-ready — laminate & reuse daily
✔ Morning routine visual schedule with tick boxes
✔ Bedtime routine visual schedule
✔ Toothbrushing step-by-step sequence cards
✔ Getting dressed sequence cards
✔ Now / Next board · weekly routine reward chart
✔ Parent quick-start guide
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🍎PawSteps · For Grown-Ups
Quick-Start Guide
💡 Why visual routines work
A visual schedule moves the instructions from your voice to the wall. The child checks the pictures instead of being told (again) — which means fewer battles, less nagging, and a growing sense of "I did it myself". For autistic and ADHD children, seeing the plan also lowers anxiety about what's coming next.
📌 Setting up
Laminate the schedules and stick them where the routine happens: morning chart by the bedroom door, toothbrushing card by the sink, bedtime chart on the wardrobe. Use a dry-wipe pen for the tick boxes so they reset every day.
🗣️ Using them
Point, don't nag: "check your chart — what's next?" Praise the checking itself ("you looked at your chart all by yourself!"). Keep the routine the SAME every day for at least two weeks — consistency is what turns it into autopilot.
🔄 Now / Next board
For children who find whole schedules overwhelming, start with just the Now/Next board: one picture in each box. It's the single most powerful transition tool in SEND classrooms — it works just as well at home.
💚 When it wobbles
Hard days happen. Shrink the routine (three steps, not seven), do the steps together, and let the chart take the blame — "oh no, the chart says teeth next!" keeps you on the same team as your child.
🌅PawSteps · Routine 1
My Morning Routine
☀️ Good morning! Do the steps in order and tick each one. Beat the clock like a cheetah — or take it turtle-slow. Both are fine!
1🛏️Wake up and stretch like a starfish✔
2🚻Toilet✔
3👕Get dressed✔
4🥣Eat breakfast✔
5🦷Brush teeth✔
6🎒Pack bag and put on shoes✔
⭐🙌All done — high five!✔
🌙PawSteps · Routine 2
My Bedtime Routine
🌙 Time to wind down like a sleepy sloth. Slow steps, quiet voices, tick as you go…
1🧸Tidy away toys (just a quick rescue mission!)✔
2🛁Bath or wash✔
3🩳Pyjamas on✔
4🦷Brush teeth✔
5📖Story time — snuggle in✔
6🤗Hugs and goodnight✔
💤🌙Lights out — see you in the morning!✔
🦷PawSteps · Sequence 1
Toothbrushing, Step by Step
✂️ Cut out the cards and stick them by the sink in order — or muddle them up and let your child sequence them first!
2🧴Squeeze a pea of toothpaste
4😬Brush the fronts — little circles
5🦛Big hippo mouth — brush the backs & tops
6👅Gentle brush on your tongue (tickly!)
7🚰Spit — don't rinse! The paste keeps working
8🪥💦Rinse the BRUSH and put it away
⭐😁Sparkly crocodile smile!
⏱️ Brush for 2 minutes — one whole song! 🎵
👕PawSteps · Sequence 2
Getting Dressed, Step by Step
✂️ Cut out and stick on the wardrobe. Tip for grown-ups: lay the clothes out in this order the night before — it halves the morning battle!
4👕Top — head first, then arms
⭐🦚Ta-daa! Proud peacock check in the mirror
💡 Tricky bits? Practise buttons and zips at the weekend when there's no rush — on a teddy first if that's easier!
➡️PawSteps · Tool
Now / Next Board
📌 Laminate me! Draw, write or velcro a picture in each box. "NOW we do this… NEXT we do that." One step at a time is plenty.
💡 Put something tricky in NOW and something lovely in NEXT — "Now teeth ➡️ next story" works better than any amount of persuading.
🏆PawSteps · Tool
My Routine Superstar Chart
⭐ Tick or sticker each routine you finish. Full row = a mini celebration. Full week = your special reward!
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
🌅 Morning routine
🦷 Teeth ×2
👕 Dressed by myself
🧸 Tidy-up time
🌙 Bedtime routine
🎁 When my chart is full, my reward is…
💚 Grown-up note
Reward effort, not perfection — 5 ticks out of 7 is a winning week. The best rewards are time-together ones: a park trip, a film night, choosing dinner.