Why use Routine Cards?

Benefits of visual scheduling

Visual scheduling can be effective in minimizing conflicts and tantrums in families with young children, by providing a clear and consistent way for children to understand and follow their daily routines. This can reduce confusion and misunderstandings, often the root cause of power struggles and meltdowns.

Bass and Bear routine cards can be a powerful tool for parents and young children by providing clarity, predictability, empowerment, and effective communication. This can help children feel more in control and secure in their daily routine and help families communicate more effectively.

  • Clarity

    Visual scheduling provides a clear and easy-to-understand representation of daily tasks and routines. This can help children understand what is expected of them and what can happen throughout the day, reducing confusion and uncertainty.

  • Benefits of visual scheduling

  • Empowerment

    Visual scheduling allows children to take an active role in their daily routines and to be more independent. They can learn how to do things independently, fostering a sense of pride and accomplishment. This can reduce power struggles and meltdowns as children feel more in control of their daily routine and more capable of completing tasks independently.

  • Communication

    Visual scheduling can serve as a tool for communication between parents and children. It can establish expectations and responsibilities and be a visual reminder of what needs to be done. This can help families communicate more effectively and reduce misunderstandings.

  • Predicability

    With a visual schedule, children know what to expect and when to expect it. This can help them feel more in control and secure, reducing anxiety and stress.

  • Consistancy

    A consistent visual schedule can help children understand and follow their routines, reducing confusion and power struggles. It also helps to minimize the adverse effects of unexpected changes and disruptions, allowing children to adapt more quickly to new situations.

The Bass & Bear Cards are a powerful tool to help develop a positive mindset in kids of all ages.

From a developmental psychology perspective, children function better when there is a routine and an action plan. Setting up activities with your children and outlining what comes next, helps to decrease anxiety around the unexpected or the unknown. From a collaborative perspective where kids choose some of the tasks for the day, we are helping them to boost their confidence and to develop a sense of belonging. Differing from adults, children require more interactive ways of communication than verbal, hence, non-verbal communication such as visual is a powerful mechanism that helps children to enhance their learning skills.

The Bass & Bear cards utilize a unique approach that combines visual communication and positive developmental psychology, enabling children to develop a positive mindset by looking forward to the activities that are planned, as well as overall fun for the family.

Ariane Peres

Psychologist, MAAPi, MPsych, PsyBA General

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