Keep a routine consistent between home and school

By The Tandli Team · Parents, educators & builders Published August 13, 2026

Short answer

Agree on the same steps with your child's teacher or therapist, then build that activity in Tandli and record the prompts in your own voice. Keep the pictures and wording identical across settings, and set it up per child. When a routine looks and sounds the same everywhere, skills carry over faster.

Step by step

1

Agree on the same steps

Talk with the teacher or therapist about how a task is broken down at school, and match those steps in Tandli. One shared breakdown means your child isn't relearning the routine in each place.
2

Record the prompts in your own voice

Record the step prompts at home so your child hears a familiar voice even when the routine is used in a different setting. Familiarity is what makes the structure feel safe.
3

Keep pictures and wording consistent

Use the same picture and the same short wording for each step in every setting. Consistency is what lets a child generalise a skill from home to school and back.
4

Set it up per child

In settings, keep each child's routines and preferences separate, so the setup travels with the child rather than the device.

This is the one tutorial that’s as much about the grown-ups as the app. Tandli keeps data on the device rather than syncing to a cloud, so consistency between home and school comes from a shared plan, not a shared login. The good news: once you and your child’s team agree on the steps, mirroring them takes only a few minutes — and the recorded voice keeps the routine feeling like home wherever it’s used.

Frequently asked questions

Does Tandli sync between two devices automatically?

No — Tandli keeps everything on the device for privacy, so there's no account or cloud sync. Consistency comes from setting up the same steps, pictures and wording in each place, which you can mirror in a few minutes.

Who should set the routine up — the parent or the teacher?

Either, as long as the breakdown matches. Because a parent can record the prompts in their own voice, many families set the structure together with the teacher or therapist and keep the recorded voice consistent at home.

Why does consistency between settings matter so much?

Children generalise skills faster when a routine looks and sounds the same everywhere. A predictable, identical structure reduces the cognitive load of switching contexts and helps your child act independently in each one.

Keep a routine consistent between home and school

Step by step

Frequently asked questions

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