Visual Routine Board Generator

A visual routine shows the steps of part of the day in order, so what comes now and what comes next can be seen rather than remembered. Type the steps one to a line, with a time if you want one, and this lays them out as a board with a box to tick for each step, a Now / Next / Later strip with a Finished area, a set of cut-out cards that match the board one for one, and a change-of-plan card for the day something is different. The order is always yours: nothing is shuffled. Text-only boards work as they are; you can add a picture to any step from your own device, and it stays in the browser tab.

Start from

Look

Title (optional)

Steps, one to a line

Up to 12 steps of up to 40 characters. Start a line with a time if you want one: “08:15 Breakfast”.

Save this routine on this device

Off by default — nothing is saved until you press Save. Saved lists stay in this browser’s local storage and are shared with the other tools on this site that offer this panel, so you only type a list once. They are never uploaded, never attached to an account, and never sent to analytics. Delete them whenever you like. To change a saved list, load it, edit it in the box, and save it again under the same name.

Name this list

Paper size

Print size

Margin

Millimetres of blank edge, 5 to 40.

Turn the paper sideways

How to print this, or save it as a PDF

There is no PDF to download, and there does not need to be. Open the print command in your browser and choose “Save as PDF” as the destination. Your browser decides whether the page address and date print across the top and bottom; if they appear, turn off “Headers and footers” in the print dialog.
Set the scale to 100%, not “fit to page”. This sheet is already the exact size of the paper you chose, so anything that resizes it makes every measurement on it wrong.
Leave the paper size in the dialog set to the same one you chose here.

The board will appear here.

What this generator does

Reads the steps in the order typed, gives each an identifier (S1, S2, …) and lays the same steps out four ways: the board, the Now / Next / Later view, the cut-out cards and the blank strip they go on. It then checks the printed pieces against the list — one card per step, the same identifiers, words and times, in the same order.

How to use this tool

Start from an example or a blank list, and type the steps one to a line. Begin a line with a time, such as 08:15, to show it.
Press Make the board. Use the arrow buttons to move a step up or down, and Add a picture to put one of your own pictures on a step.
Use This step is finished to move through Now, Next and Later on screen.
Print the board, the strip and the cards on A4 or US Letter. Save the list on this device only if you want to use it again.

Understanding the controls

Start from: Replaces the steps with an example — morning, bedtime or a work session — or clears them. The examples are starting points to edit.
Look: Plain uses smaller text and square corners; large uses bigger text and rounded cards.
Steps: Up to 12 steps of up to 40 characters, one to a line, optionally starting with a time. Times out of order are kept as typed, with a note.
Pictures: Each step can show a picture chosen from your device. Pictures are not uploaded or saved, and are gone when the page closes.
Saved routines: Nothing is kept unless you press Save; a saved routine stays on this device until you delete it.

Worked examples

Morning example: 07:30 Get up, 07:40 Wash and dress, 08:00 Breakfast, 08:20 Brush teeth, 08:30 Coat and shoes, 08:40 Leave — six cards, S1 to S6. With two steps finished, Now is Breakfast, Next is Brush teeth, and Later is Coat and shoes, then Leave.

Common use cases

A morning or bedtime routine at home
The order of a lesson, a session or a visit
A work-session plan with breaks
Cards to stick on a board with hook-and-loop dots

How this generator works

Each line becomes a step; a line starting with a time like 08:15 or 8.15 keeps that time. Moving a step swaps it with its neighbour and leaves the rest where they were. The Now / Next / Later view takes the finished steps off the front of the list: the next unfinished step is Now, the one after it Next, and the rest Later.

Randomness and fairness

Nothing on this page is random: the order is the one you type, and the tool never shuffles it.

For how randomness is produced across the whole site, see how Generate Random works.

Assumptions this tool makes

A routine is a fixed order of steps; the board does not plan or time the day for you.

Limitations and good to know

No symbol set is included: boards are text, or text with your own pictures. A rights-cleared symbol set would need review before it was added.
Pictures are not saved with a routine; add them again after loading a saved list.
A layout tool, not therapy or advice: it makes no claim about what any routine will help with.

Common mistakes

Putting too much on one card: Keep each step short; split a long step into two.
Printing at a reduced size: Print at 100 % so the cards are the size shown.

Privacy and your data

Everything you type and every picture stays in your browser. Steps, titles and pictures are never sent with analytics — a count records how many steps a board had — and nothing is stored unless you press Save.