Milo's Cards: Feelings, Help and Routine Cards for Kids

For children aged 4–10 with ADHD, autism, or both. No diagnosis needed.

In a hard moment, words are the first thing to go. Your child may know exactly what they need and still not be able to say it. Milo's Cards give them another way: they can show you instead.

What's inside

• 12 feelings cards: happy, sad, angry, too much, worried, scared, tired, disappointed, excited, frustrated, calm and proud. Each one says where I feel it, and what helps me.
• 8 help cards: "I need a break", "It's too loud", "Stay close", "I need help" and more, each with one line for the grown-up.
• 24 routine cards: mornings, after school, homework and bedtime. Line them up and point to the next one, instead of saying it again.
• 4 blank cards to draw your own.
• 2 posters: Milo's calm-down menu and Milo's battery.
• 3 games to play together: Guess how Milo feels, Feelings memory, and Milo's mixed-up day.
• A certificate for your child: "I built my own Milo's Cards!"

Build them together

Step-by-step pictures show your child how to make the cards: print, cut along the dashed lines, glue onto cardboard (an old cereal box is perfect), and trim. It turns the cards into something they made, not something they were given.

Format: 18-page PDF in two editions, A4 (UK) and US Letter, each in full colour and in a low-ink version for home printers. Instant download. Print as many copies as your family needs.

These cards are a practical tool, not medical or psychological advice.

Made to go with The Hard Moments Workbook: the cards are for your child, the workbook gives you the words.