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An open teal The Play Way box with the Self-Care Skills Play Kit contents arranged above it: Melo shampoo, conditioner, body wash and lotion bottles, a green and light blue striped hanging toiletry bag, a sensory hair brush, a scalp massager, a Bath Memory Emotions game, toothbrushes and toothpastes, floss picks, hair ties, sunscreen, the Willy picture book, the Self-Care Buddy magnetic planner and the instruction cards.
An open teal The Play Way box with the Self-Care Skills Play Kit contents arranged above it: Melo shampoo, conditioner, body wash and lotion bottles, a green and light blue striped hanging toiletry bag, a sensory hair brush, a scalp massager, a Bath Memory Emotions game, toothbrushes and toothpastes, floss picks, hair ties, sunscreen, the Willy picture book, the Self-Care Buddy magnetic planner and the instruction cards.
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Self-Care Skills Play Kit

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Support your child to take care of their own body, teeth, hair, washing and sunscreen,...
An open teal The Play Way box with the Sleep Play Kit contents arranged above it: a sweet dreams night light, a koala soft toy, a sleep mask, Melo magnesium spray, the Finley's Night-time Journey book, a sleep booklet, a visual routine board with symbol cards and markers, imagination cards and a small portable fan.
An open teal The Play Way box with the Sleep Play Kit contents arranged above it: a sweet dreams night light, a koala soft toy, a sleep mask, Melo magnesium spray, the Finley's Night-time Journey book, a sleep booklet, a visual routine board with symbol cards and markers, imagination cards and a small portable fan.
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Sleep Play Kit

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Support your child to wind down and settle, with tools chosen for the things that...
An open teal The Play Way box with the Routines Play Kit contents arranged above it: a Routines Buddy magnetic planner set in yellow, a lilac Routines Journal titled Prepare, a round timer, sheets of picture magnets, a weekly and a monthly planner board, and a set of whiteboard markers.
An open teal The Play Way box with the Routines Play Kit contents arranged above it: a Routines Buddy magnetic planner set in yellow, a lilac Routines Journal titled Prepare, a round timer, sheets of picture magnets, a weekly and a monthly planner board, and a set of whiteboard markers.
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Routines Play Kit

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Support your child to master their own mornings, afternoons, and evenings. This kit includes a...
An open teal The Play Way box with the Summer Holidays Play Kit contents arranged above it: a yellow and white striped inflatable snake sprinkler, a card for the electric air pump, mint bats and balls, reusable water balloons, an ice cube tray, an underwater camera and film, three Ways to Play booklets, a craft kit, the Summer Holidays journal and the guide.
An open teal The Play Way box with the Summer Holidays Play Kit contents arranged above it: a yellow and white striped inflatable snake sprinkler, a card for the electric air pump, mint bats and balls, reusable water balloons, an ice cube tray, an underwater camera and film, three Ways to Play booklets, a craft kit, the Summer Holidays journal and the guide.
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Summer Holidays Play Kit

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Support your child to find a rhythm in the holidays that helps them notice what...
An open teal The Play Way box with a stainless steel bento tray, a teal food jar, coloured sandwich cutters, a weekly planner, a shopping list, note cards, a recipe booklet and the Orchard Toys Lunch Box Game arranged above it.
An open teal The Play Way box with a stainless steel bento tray, a teal food jar, coloured sandwich cutters, a weekly planner, a shopping list, note cards, a recipe booklet and the Orchard Toys Lunch Box Game arranged above it.
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Lunch Box Skills Play Kit

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Support your child to plan and pack their own lunch box, with seven tools that...

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Sensory Play Australia Everyday Routines Magnet Set, a visual schedule tool for children to manage daily activities and promote independence.
Sensory Play Australia Everyday Routines Magnet Set, a visual schedule tool for children to manage daily activities and promote independence.
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Everyday Routines Magnet Set

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Our Everyday Routines Magnet Set is perfect for creating visual schedules that help children stay...
The Sensory Play Australia Routines Buddy bundle, a therapist-developed set with planners and a visual schedule for independence.
The Sensory Play Australia Routines Buddy bundle, a therapist-developed set with planners and a visual schedule for independence.
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Routines Buddy

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Need a hand building routines with your child? Our OTs have put together a handy...
Open box of The Play Way Magnetic Planner Kit, with weekly, daily, monthly planners and visual aids, therapist designed.
Open box of The Play Way Magnetic Planner Kit, with weekly, daily, monthly planners and visual aids, therapist designed.
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Magnetic Planner Kit

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Transform daily routines with our Magnetic Planner Kit. Featuring daily, weekly, and monthly planners, this...
The Play Way Lunch Buddy Planning Tools Set. Therapist-designed tools for kids' meal planning, organization & independence.
The Play Way Lunch Buddy Planning Tools Set. Therapist-designed tools for kids' meal planning, organization & independence.
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Lunch Buddy Planning Tools Set

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The Lunch Buddy Planning Tools Set is designed to make meal planning fun, organised, and...
Two visual routine boards with picture magnets from Sensory Play Australia, a therapist-designed tool for daily schedules.
Two visual routine boards with picture magnets from Sensory Play Australia, a therapist-designed tool for daily schedules.
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Kinder Routine Magnet Set

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Introducing our Kinder Magnets are an essential tool for transforming classroom management and enhancing student...
Sensory Play Australia Sand Timers Set: Five colorful hourglasses (purple, blue, green, orange, black) for visual time management, focus, and executive functioning.
Sensory Play Australia Sand Timers Set: Five colorful hourglasses (purple, blue, green, orange, black) for visual time management, focus, and executive functioning.
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Sand Timers Set

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Discover the Sand Timers Set, designed to enhance time management skills and foster executive functioning....
The Play Way Sleep Storytime Kit, therapist designed for a soothing bedtime ritual and emotional regulation.
The Play Way Sleep Storytime Kit, therapist designed for a soothing bedtime ritual and emotional regulation.
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Sleep Storytime Kit

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Transform bedtime into a soothing ritual with our Sleep Storytime Kit. This thoughtfully curated set...
Sensory Play Australia Sleep Buddy, a therapist-designed kit for calm bedtimes, featuring a visual schedule, book, and night light.
Sensory Play Australia Sleep Buddy, a therapist-designed kit for calm bedtimes, featuring a visual schedule, book, and night light.
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Sleep Buddy

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Introducing the Sleep Buddy, a comprehensive kit designed to transform bedtime into a calm and...
Sensory Play Australia's School Routine Magnet Set, a visual tool aiding children with daily schedules and classroom transitions, with postcard.
Sensory Play Australia's School Routine Magnet Set, a visual tool aiding children with daily schedules and classroom transitions, with postcard.
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School Routine Magnet Set

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Make classroom routines easier and more engaging with our Routines Magnets for Schools. This bright,...
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Routines

Some children are able to move through their daily routines fairly independently after a bit of practice. Others really struggle to remember the order, understand the timing, and hold it all in their head at once.

A routine also works at a smaller size. Brushing teeth is a routine of its own, and so is washing hair. Some children come unstuck there, at one task, where the task itself is the problem. Others have every task sorted and still cannot string them together. Both are routines, and both are what we work on.

Our tools cover all of these challenges. Magnet sets for the morning, for kinder, for school and for bedtime. Planners for a day, a week or a month. Timers that show a child how much time is left instead of telling them. A lunch planning kit for the task of planning and packing lunch, a bedtime buddy with a story and a journal, and play kits with the teaching from our therapy team.

Looking for the magnet planners on their own? See our visual schedules.

Which routine tool for which moment

Some children come unstuck at one task, and some at holding the whole order in their head. These are starting points for both.

  • A moment like this

    A child who can do every part of the morning, but the routine still falls apart before you get out the door. A magnetic routine board, picture magnets, a timer and a journal help them work out their own order, and build a routine that works for them. Just under four hours of video takes your child through the journal step by step, with a session for you on how routines develop.

    An open teal The Play Way box with the Routines Play Kit contents arranged above it: a Routines Buddy magnetic planner set in yellow, a lilac Routines Journal titled Prepare, a round timer, sheets of picture magnets, a weekly and a monthly planner board, and a set of whiteboard markers.
    An open teal The Play Way box with the Routines Play Kit contents arranged above it: a Routines Buddy magnetic planner set in yellow, a lilac Routines Journal titled Prepare, a round timer, sheets of picture magnets, a weekly and a monthly planner board, and a set of whiteboard markers.
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    Routines Play Kit

    Regular price $79.00
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    Support your child to master their own mornings, afternoons, and evenings. This kit includes a...

  • A moment like this

    A child who struggles with transitions and does better when they can see what comes next. These visual schedule magnets put the day in pictures, so they can check what is next without having to ask.

    Sensory Play Australia Everyday Routines Magnet Set, a visual schedule tool for children to manage daily activities and promote independence.
    Sensory Play Australia Everyday Routines Magnet Set, a visual schedule tool for children to manage daily activities and promote independence.
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    Sensory Play Australia

    Everyday Routines Magnet Set

    Regular price $8.50
    Sale price $8.50 Regular price $17.00
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    Our Everyday Routines Magnet Set is perfect for creating visual schedules that help children stay...

  • A moment like this

    A child who takes a long time to get ready for school and loses track halfway through. They make their own getting ready checklist with picture magnets, a whiteboard, timers and a journal.

    The Sensory Play Australia Routines Buddy bundle, a therapist-developed set with planners and a visual schedule for independence.
    The Sensory Play Australia Routines Buddy bundle, a therapist-developed set with planners and a visual schedule for independence.
    SAVE 50%
    Sensory Play Australia

    Routines Buddy

    Regular price $54.50
    Sale price $54.50 Regular price $109.00
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    Need a hand building routines with your child? Our OTs have put together a handy...

  • A moment like this

    A child who loses track of time, sometimes called time blindness, and asks how long, over and over. Five sand timers let them watch the time run out, for brushing teeth or the last few minutes of play.

    Sensory Play Australia Sand Timers Set: Five colorful hourglasses (purple, blue, green, orange, black) for visual time management, focus, and executive functioning.
    Sensory Play Australia Sand Timers Set: Five colorful hourglasses (purple, blue, green, orange, black) for visual time management, focus, and executive functioning.
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    Sensory Play Australia

    Sand Timers Set

    Regular price $59.50
    Sale price $59.50 Regular price $119.00
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    Discover the Sand Timers Set, designed to enhance time management skills and foster executive functioning....

  • A moment like this

    A child who needs to see the whole week, not just today. Daily, weekly and monthly magnetic planners with picture magnets you can move as plans change.

    Open box of The Play Way Magnetic Planner Kit, with weekly, daily, monthly planners and visual aids, therapist designed.
    Open box of The Play Way Magnetic Planner Kit, with weekly, daily, monthly planners and visual aids, therapist designed.
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    Magnetic Planner Kit

    Regular price $49.00
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    Transform daily routines with our Magnetic Planner Kit. Featuring daily, weekly, and monthly planners, this...

  • A moment like this

    A child who wants to pack their own lunch box, and a parent who would love them to. The lunch box planner matches the bento box section by section, so what they plan on the fridge is what goes in the box. Two and a half hours of video from our nutritionists, some of it led by children, plus a parent guide.

    An open teal The Play Way box with a stainless steel bento tray, a teal food jar, coloured sandwich cutters, a weekly planner, a shopping list, note cards, a recipe booklet and the Orchard Toys Lunch Box Game arranged above it.
    An open teal The Play Way box with a stainless steel bento tray, a teal food jar, coloured sandwich cutters, a weekly planner, a shopping list, note cards, a recipe booklet and the Orchard Toys Lunch Box Game arranged above it.
    The Play Way
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    Lunch Box Skills Play Kit

    Regular price $149.00
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    Support your child to plan and pack their own lunch box, with seven tools that...

Frequently asked questions

How do you get a child to follow a routine?

First work out which part is hard. A routine often falls apart because a child is holding six steps in their head while being hurried. Sometimes one of the steps is the problem on its own, and the rest only looks slow because of it. Once you know which it is, put the order somewhere they can see it, let them move the magnet themselves, and say less. Build it with them so it is their routine rather than your list.

How do you make school mornings easier?

Move as much as possible to the night before, then make mornings as simple as possible. Decide the order together with your child, and keep it the same every day so nobody has to think. The arguing usually drops when the routines board answers the question instead of you.

My child takes forever to get ready. What helps?

Watch where it actually stalls before you change anything. Sometimes it is the order and the timing, and a child who can get dressed, eat breakfast and find their shoes is still defeated by doing all three in a row before a deadline. Sometimes it is one task inside the morning routine, and the whole thing only looks slow because of that one spot of friction. A visible order helps with the first challenge. For the second one, it is worth asking what makes that task hard and focus on building them up there, rather than asking them to hurry.

What is a visual timer?

A timer a child can see rather than hear. Sand timers or visual timers show time running out visually, so a child knows how much is left without asking and without being able to read numbers. They are useful for the part of a routine that drags, and for warning a child that a change is coming. They also really help people who experience time blindness which is common in neurodivergence.

How long should a morning routine take?

There is no right number for every family, and this is really something you have to trial and error in your own circumstance. What helps more is knowing how long your unique routine takes. Time it honestly each day for a week, then work backwards from when you need to leave. Consider moving things to the night before if that helps, and look at the order things are done in and see if there are better ways to setup for success in the order you create from there.