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The Potty Toolkit

Help your child learn to use the potty with confidence, not pressure. It’s a printable set of stories, games, scripts, and posters you and your child go through together. So potty training follows your child’s readiness instead of a sticker chart and a strict deadline.

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The Potty Toolkit printable pages and activitiesThe Potty Toolkit printable pages and activities

When you are ready to start

This is for the potty-training season you want to handle without a power struggle.

There is a deadline coming, and you do not want to force it.

Daycare wants them out of diapers, a new baby is on the way, or the questions from family have started. You feel the clock, but pushing harder has never made it go faster, and you would rather your child feel ready than rushed.

You tried once, it turned into a battle, and you both backed off.

There were tears, refusals, maybe a week of accidents, so you put the potty away for a while. Now you want a calmer way back in, one that does not turn every bathroom trip into a standoff.

One part isn’t going well, and you’re not sure how to help.

Pee is fine but poop is a hard no. Public bathrooms are scary. They hold it until the last second, or wiping and hand washing are their own battles. You want clear, gentle words for the part that is not clicking.

What you get

What comes in the printable toolkit

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  1. Printable worksheets, games, and activities for every step of potty training
  2. Read-aloud stories about learning to use the potty to share before a tricky moment or at bedtime
  3. A potty adventure checklist to help you and your child prepare for potty training
  4. Posters for the potty routine, wiping, and hand washing to hang where your child can see them
  5. Songs and games that make practice feel like play, not a test
  6. Parent tips woven throughout, for the moments the pages do not cover

Buy once and print it as often as your family needs, at home. Pull out the page that fits today, sit down together, and follow your child’s lead from there.

What your child will learn

The potty routine, step by step

A simple potty routine they can follow

How to wipe properly

How to wash their hands independently

The parts that usually get stuck

Gentle ways to get through the fear of pooping on the potty

Scripts they can use with other caregivers when you aren’t there to help

How to notice their body's signals and stop play in time

Confidence that lasts

That accidents are a normal part of learning, not a failure

How to feel proud of their own progress, in their own time

That they are not the only one learning this, and that you are doing it with them

Jess VanderWier smiling at her desk.
Created with care

Created by Jess and a team who understand potty training.

The Potty Toolkit was created by Jess VanderWier, a Registered Psychotherapist and mom of three, with a team of experts in child development and potty training. Jess has supported families through potty training, and the toolkit reflects how she approaches it: practical, playful, and rooted in what a young child actually needs, which is time to feel ready and a grown-up they can do it with. It is a practical tool for guiding potty training at home, not medical advice or a replacement for professional support.

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What's inside

A look inside the toolkit

A small preview of the real pages, so you can see how clear and child-friendly they are before you buy.

Pooping on the Toilet Story printable preview

Story

Pooping on the Toilet Story

My Potty Routine Plan printable preview

Poster

My Potty Routine Plan

Potty Adventure printable preview

Activity

Potty Adventure

Using My Potty Voice printable preview

Script

Using My Potty Voice

I love your potty toolkit and have gained so much knowledge around preparing my sensitive child for transitioning out of diapers.

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Lindsay | Mom of 3

If potty training has felt like a battle, this is a calmer way in.

Picture the version where the potty is just part of the day, not a standoff. Your child knows the routine, knows accidents are okay, and trusts you to help instead of hurry. You can start with a single page tonight, hang one poster by the toilet, and let the rest follow your child’s pace.

Ready when you are

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Frequently asked questions

We made it with children ages 1.5 and up in mind. You know your child best, so you do not have to start everything at once. Begin when you see signs of readiness, work on the parts that fit where your child is right now, and come back to the rest as they grow.

It is meant to be done with your child, not handed over. Print a page, sit down together, read the story or talk through the poster, and let the questions and practice come from there. A few minutes at a time works better than one long sitting.

Most likely, because it does not rest on a deadline or a perfect weekend. You get small pieces you can return to: a poster by the toilet, a quick story, a script ready for the next real moment. Following your child’s readiness, rather than pushing, is what makes it stick.

Yes. The toolkit has stories, scripts, and activities for the parts that commonly get stuck, including the fear of pooping on the potty, the loud public bathroom, and holding it too long. You can go straight to the page that matches what is hard right now.

No. The toolkit is built around readiness and connection rather than rewards, so the focus stays on your child feeling ready and confident, not on performing for a treat. If something already works for your family, you are welcome to keep it, but nothing here depends on bribes.

It is a printable toolkit, not a course. It gives you a simple framework plus the worksheets, posters, games, stories, and scripts to use with your child. You do the pages together to prepare them and work through the common potty-training challenges.

Most free printables are a single page on one idea. This is a full set covering the whole picture, from the potty routine and wiping to public bathrooms, the fear of pooping, and accidents without shame, in one place, with parent guidance and a do-it-together structure, created by a psychotherapist and a team of child-development experts. You are paying for the sequence and the guidance, not just the pages.

Yes. Print the pages you want as often as your household needs. You might use it with your toddler now and come back to it in a year or two when a younger sibling is ready.

The toolkit is licensed to the registered user and their household for personal, non-commercial use. Files must not be shared, distributed, or copied for other households or classrooms.

Yes. The visuals, songs, stories, and hands-on activities give children more than one way to understand and revisit each step, which can make potty training easier to take in at their own pace.

Your purchase is handled through the Nurtured First checkout, and your printable download is available right after, with your order and receipt saved in your account.

It is one combined PDF you download and print at home. The pages are sized for US Letter and scale nicely to A4 if you need it. It is designed in color, but everything holds up in black and white too. You can also use it on a screen. An iPad with a pencil works well for the coloring pages, though the main idea is to print it and go through the pages together.

No. It is educational support for potty training between you and your child. It does not replace medical care, therapy, or advice from a qualified professional.

Because this is a digital printable toolkit, sales are final and cannot be returned or refunded. If you bought the wrong toolkit, contact us within 24 hours of purchase and before downloading. If you have trouble accessing the file, contact support@nurturedfirst.com and we will help. Read the full refund policy on the Refund Policy page.

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The Potty Toolkit

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