My Bedtime Routine: 12-Step Visual Guide

Bedtime goes more smoothly when children know what comes next. This 12-step visual guide uses real photos to walk children through the evening routine, from dinner to lights out.

What's Inside

• Early evening: finishing dinner or a snack, tidying up toys or books
• Getting ready: bath or wash-up, changing into pajamas
• Hygiene: using the bathroom, washing hands and brushing teeth
• Wind-down: a warm drink, quiet reading with a favorite stuffed animal
• Final steps: lights off, saying goodnight and settling into bed
• Each step on its own labeled card with a step number and a real photo

How It Helps You

• Makes the evening routine predictable
• Uses real photos that are easy to recognize
• Supports independence with each step

Ways to Use It

Print it as a flip chart, laminate it as a bedroom visual schedule, or use one card at a time during the routine.

Who It's For

Young learners, including children with autism, who benefit from step-by-step visual routines.

Format

12 steps. Digital download, ready to view or print.

Need more than one?

If visual routines help at home or school, the bundle adds more visual supports for routines, behavior and communication. The Visual Supports Mega Bundle brings together 23 related resources in one download, and you save 70% compared to buying each item separately.