Social Story: Riding a Bicycle. Riding a bicycle is a fun life skill that is useful for many of our children and students. This social story guides the user through what to expect when learning to ride a bike - including safety rules, what it looks like, what it feels like, and how to ride on one, step by step. This visual guide makes riding a bike more predictable and less stressful for children. The social story conveys these themes using engaging visuals and developmentally appropriate language suited to elementary and special education students. We hope this social story will help you help the children and students you work with! What You Will Receive: 1 high-quality PDF file 8.5"x11" in size 10 Pages How to Use: After uploading product, save file to your device Print either at home, or via local print provider or online print service Bind, laminate, or place in duotang to use with children Personal Note: Should you require a different file format or size, let us know and we can do this for you. We love what we do and so would appreciate your feedback and review so we can continue to provide practical resources to our fellow educators. Thank you!

Social Story: When I’m Feeling Mad We all experience different feelings at different times. One of these feelings is Anger or Being Mad. This social story helps students to define what it is to be mad, and to recognize when they may be feeling mad - through their emotions and physical symptoms. The social story goes on to normalize anger and reinforces that strong feelings are temporary, and no matter the situation, we can all learn healthy strategies to manage our anger. The social story conveys these themes using engaging visuals and developmentally appropriate language suited to elementary and special education students. We hope this social story will help you help the children and students you work with! What You Will Receive: 1 high-quality PDF file 8.5"x11" in size 14 Pages How to Use: After uploading product, save file to your device Print either at home, or via local print provider or online print service Bind, laminate, or place in duotang to use with your students Personal Note: Should you require a different file format or size, let us know and we can do this for you. We love what we do and so would appreciate your feedback and review so we can continue to provide practical resources to our fellow educators. Thank you.

Social Story: When I Feel Like Harming Myself Our children and students sometimes struggle with strong emotions, and even resort to wanting to harm themselves in order to cope with some of these feelings. This might include cutting, scraping, scratching, or other forms of self-harm. This social story focuses primarily on non-suicidal self-injurious behaviour. In other words, self-injury that causes harm, but not necessarily death. The lesson describes self-harm and talks through some of the common feelings that children and youth may have, as well as some helpful coping strategies and alternative behaviours that are healthier and safer. Self-harm is an important topic that is often not addressed directly - out of fear and uncertainty. This social story aims to help in generating healthy discussion about self-harm with students, particularly those students who need visuals to aid in communication and comprehension. This social story conveys these themes using practical examples, engaging visuals, and developmentally appropriate language. Students would benefit from having an adult guide them through this lesson to provide clarification and support along the way. We hope this social story will help you help the children and students you work with! And remember, this resource is not a substitute for therapy or counseling, but merely an educational aid - should students require more intensive supports, please seek assistance from an adult or trained mental health professional. What You Will Receive: 1 high-quality PDF file 8.5"x11" in size 13 Pages How to Use: After uploading product, save file to your device Print either at home, or via local print provider or online print service Bind, laminate, or place in duotang to use with your students Personal Note: Should you require a different file format or size, let us know and we can do this for you. We love what we do and so would appreciate your feedback and review so we can continue to provide practical resources to our fellow educators.

Social Story: Traveling in a Vehicle Traveling in a vehicle as a passenger is an important life skill for our children and youth. This social story discusses types of vehicles, the process involved in entering and exiting vehicles, and the essential safety rules to follow (e.g., seatbelts, doors, etc.) while traveling in a vehicle. The social story conveys these themes using engaging visuals and developmentally appropriate language suited to elementary and special education students. We hope this social story will help you help the children and students you work with! What You Will Receive: 1 high-quality PDF file 8.5"x11" in size 14 Pages How to Use: After uploading product, save file to your device Print either at home, or via local print provider or online print service Bind, laminate, or place in duotang to use with your students Personal Note: Should you require a different file format or size, let us know and we can do this for you. We love what we do and so would appreciate your feedback and review so we can continue to provide practical resources to our fellow educators. Thank you!

Social Story: Getting a Haircut. Getting a haircut can be an unpredictable and scary experience for many students, especially students with sensory needs such as those on the ADHD, ASD, and FASD spectrums. This social story takes the student through the possible steps of a haircut, and what to expect from the start to end of visiting the hairdresser or hair salon. This social story explains these concepts in simple child-friendly language, using engaging visuals and examples. It can be used in individual and/or group format and is is tailored to elementary and special education settings. We hope this social story will help you help the children and students you work with! **What you will receive: ** 1 High-Quality Colour PDF File Size: 8.5x11 inches 20 Pages**** How to print and use: Download to your device Print at home, or using a local or online print service Bind in a folder, binder or duotang Note: Should you need another file format (e.g., JPEG, PNG) simply let us know and we can do this for you. Be sure to follow our store for updates on new products and flash sales. We love what we do, so please provide your feedback and review so we may continue to create worthwhile products! Thank you!

This Social Story: When My Parents Separate or Divorce, was created to help and support children who are living through a family break up, in particular, parents who are experiencing a separation or divorce. Parental separation has a significant impact on our children and students, and is a form of loss and trauma that needs careful attention and intervention. This social story guides the child/reader through the following: a. What constitutes a family b. Explaining that families sometimes have difficult times c. Parents sometimes argue too much and no longer get along d. Parents decided it may be best to live apart to prevent further stress on family e. Reinforces that the child is never to blame - it is never the child’s fault f. Reinforces that this is an adult decision g. Explains that even though parents separate, they often still get along and work together for the sake of the children, and still love their children very much h. Provides examples of various emotions the child may be feeling i. Provides examples of the various reactions the child may be experiencing j. Validates these feeling and reactions k. Walks through ways to feel supported, such as talking to trusted adult, counselor and expressing feelings through writing, drawing, art and music l. Makes note of possibility of parents meeting different partners, and possibly introducing new members to the family (e.g., stepsiblings, etc.) but that these new connections can be fun and interesting m. Finally, the story normalizes the experience of going through this separation and loss, and emphasizes that things will be okay! What You Will Receive: The social story is 15 pages, in PDF (8.5 x 11) format, and so can be easily printed and laminated. It uses engaging visuals and simple language that is appropriate for all developmental levels and ages. How To Print: a. Following Purchase, Download File to your Device b. Open PDF file and save and/or print c. You may use home printer, online service, or local printshop. Please leave your review and feedback, so we may continue to provide practical resources to our fellow educators. Thank you

This Feelings FlashCard Bundle is great for easy-to-use lessons and teaching moments around identifying and labeling, and discussing feelings and emotions. Each Card can either be individually printed, one-sided (equaling 35 feelings cards), or printed double-sided (equaling 70 cards) where the card displays opposing feelings on one card. The smaller cards (1.5x1.5 inches), and are ideal for handy visuals for strategies such as Zones of Regulation, emotions scales, visual-communication boards, etc. The larger cards (6x5 inches) are ideal for feelings deck of cards, games and larger print feelings displays and teaching. You can print them yourself at home, call into a local print/copy shop or upload to an online printing service to have the prints delivered to your door. We suggest using high-quality, thick matte paper or card stock for best results. WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE: This digital print comes in High-Resolution PDF formats. 1 PDF File with 70 IMAGES: 1.5" x 1.5" 1 PDF File with 70 IMAGES: 6"x5" HOW TO PRINT CARDS: A. Choose your desired format from the files provided B. Print at home, or C. Use a local print/copy shop to print for you, or D. Upload to an online printing service to have the prints delivered to your door PERSONAL NOTE: We love what we do, and do our best to provide a wide variety of options, fun products, and flexibility in printing our digital files, all in attempts to make your life easier! Please provide your feedback, so we may continue to offer worthwhile products! PLEASE NOTE: No physical product will be shipped and the frame is not included. Colours may vary slightly due to different colour monitor/calibration. This purchase is licensed for PERSONAL USE ONLY. All Digital Prints are copyright of The Wellness Playground. THANKS FOR VISITING, and FEEL FREE TO CHECK OUT OUR OTHER LISTINGS and FOLLOW OUR PAGE FOR UPDATES ON NEW PRODUCTS and PROMOTIONS.

This Social Story is intended to provide students with awareness of their body, with emphasis on the fact that their body has private parts, and these parts should be respected. This story ideal for students across elementary and into junior high levels, in particular for students with special needs (intellectual disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, etc.). Some of the areas covered include: Our body is private and has private parts Definition of private parts Fact that boys and girls have different private parts Private parts should not be shown or touched in public If private parts need to be touched, this should be done in private, such as bathroom or change room (in public), and bedroom or bathroom (at home) Presents different reasons for wanting to touch private parts: bothering them, need to use washroom, or to fulfill curiosity Covers topic of self-touching out of curiosity - that this is okay, but needs to be done at home, in private That touching or staring at other people’s private parts is NOT okay Reminder to respect others personal space and privacy Reinforcing that reminding self to follow these rules will make them proud! This story is in PDF format, and can be easily printed and laminated. It has developmentally appropriate language, and is full of engaging visuals. As always, please leave your feedback/review, so I may continue to provide practical resources to my fellow educators. Thank you!

The sad reality is some of our students, in their already vulnerable state, lack the necessary coping mechanisms to manage strong behaviour, emotions and feelings, and events in their lives, and will choose to Self-Harm or Self-Injure in order to cope. This is a Social Story meant to help children and youth to navigate and deal with Self-Harm/Self-Injury, by Choosing Safe and Healthy Alternatives, instead. This social story validates the student’s emotions, by acknowledging their desire to self-harm, but stresses that these are harmful choices, and that there are some very healthy and effective alternative behaviours that can keep them safe, while getting them the help they need. In addition to suggested strategies, there is a page for the student to list their own personal strategies, as well. This is an important topic that warrants a frank discussion, and I hope this social story helps get the message across to youth, whether they be higher functioning or more developmentally vulnerable. This 8-page social story is in PDF, 8.5 x 11 inch format, and so can easily be printed and/or laminated. It is presented in a simple and visual format, and can be used across all ages and developmental levels. I have personally used it in individual and group format, in elementary and special needs junior high/high school classrooms. I hope it helps you, help your students! I always appreciate feedback and comments, so please feel free to leave your opinions and suggestions! Thank you.

This is a social story meant to help early and middle years children to better understand their SENSORY NEEDS, and how to Self-Regulate. Many of our students (in particular, those on the Autism Spectrum, ADHD, etc.) are highly sensitive to their surroundings, and have various sensory sensitivities. This social story talks about what our 5 Senses do, and why they are important for better understanding our world. The story talks about how students can become overwhelmed due to one or more of their senses being ‘Too Excited’!, particularly in certain settings/places. The story talks about how the student may react (e.g., yelling, crying, hiding, running away, etc.) and offers alternative, safer ways to cope with excited senses (e.g., deep breathing, calm space, headphones, etc.). It ends by validating the student’s emotions and reinforces the student’s safer choices, and reminds them that they can do this successfully with help from their friends, family and teachers. It is in PDF Format (8.5 x 11 inch), and so can easily be printed and/or laminated. It is presented in a simple, fun and visual way, and while it is geared towards early and middle years, can be used across all ages and developmental levels. I have personally used it in individual and group format, in elementary and special needs junior high/high school classrooms. I hope it helps you, help your students!

Many of our students have difficulties navigating the classroom and assignments, and in particular, ASKING FOR HELP. This is especially true with our students who are more anxious, worried, and have learning, developmental and/or communication difficulties. This is a social story meant to help students ASK FOR HELP in non-threatening, and easy-to-learn ways. It provides an overview of what asking for help looks like, and reminds us that everybody needs help sometimes, and that even if they feel unsure about asking for help, there are easy ways to do this, it gets better with practice, and teachers and classmates are there to help! The social story consists of 8 pages of visual teaching of these concepts. It is in PDF format (8.5" x 11"), and so can easily be printed and/or laminated. It is presented in a simple, fun and visual format, and can be used across all ages and developmental levels. I have personally used it in individual and group format, in regular elementary and special needs classrooms. I hope it helps you, help your students! Please feel free to leave your review and feedback, as I am always striving to provide valuable resources to my fellow educators. Thank You!

This is a social story meant to help children to navigate and deal with bullying in healthy and effective ways. This social story validates the student’s emotions, by acknowledging how bullying can make them feel, and identifies that bullying can be towards them or others, and affect them equally. The script goes on to present differences between ‘bad’ choices and ‘good’ choices, and outlines ‘good’ ways to deal with bullying, to keep themselves happy and safe. It is in PDF, 8.5 x 11 inch format, and so can easily be printed and/or laminated. It is presented in a simple, fun and visual format, and can be used across all ages and developmental levels. I have personally used it in individual and group format, in elementary and special needs junior high/high school classrooms. I hope it helps you, help your students! I always appreciate feedback and comments, so please feel free to leave your opinions and suggestions! Thank you

DIGITAL DOWNLOAD | PRINTABLE SOCIAL STORY High-Resolution PDF | 8.5"x11" Format This social story on Personal Hygiene is a resource for teachers and parents to assist children and students with managing their own personal hygiene. This resource is 9 pages, and in PDF format (8.5 x 11), and so can be easily printed. It contains developmentally appropriate language and engaging visuals in order to engage the child in a fun and interactive way. WHAT’S INCLUDED: 1 High-Resolution colour PDF file, in 8.5x11 format HOW TO PRINT: Following purchase, your file will be emailed to you for printing. Simply Print, laminate if you wish, and staple, bind or place in duotang or folder to use with students and children. Download, print, and enjoy! PERSONAL NOTE: We love what we do, and do our best to provide a wide variety of options, quality resources, and flexibility in printing our digital files, all in attempts to make your life easier! PLEASE NOTE: No physical product will be shipped, as this is a digital download. Colours may vary slightly due to different colour monitor/calibration. This purchase is licensed for PERSONAL USE ONLY. All Digital Prints are copyright of The Wellness Playground. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHECK OUT OUR OTHER LISTINGS, AND FOLLOW OUR PAGE FOR UPDATES ON NEW PRODUCTS AND SALES. THANK YOU FOR VISITING!

Taming Your Thoughts is a Fun, Simple and Interactive Activity that Helps to Empower Kids and Youth to Take Control of Their Thoughts. This 14 page resource is in Powerpoint format, in 8x11.5 inches, and so can be easily printed. It is best suited for approximately Grade 3 to 8, but can be used across all elementary and junior high levels. Children, just like adults, can be hard on themselves when it comes to how they think about what they do or say. This is particularly true for kids with mental health issues or behavioural disorders who may be especially down on themselves. They can get stuck in negative thinking patterns that can make emotions seem overwhelming, and contribute to social/emotional difficulties, such as depression, anxiety, and social isolation. These negative thinking patterns are also referred to as cognitive distortions, cognitive errors or thinking mistakes – and they are very common, but often times are unrealistic, and need taming. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), teaches us to recognize and catch thinking errors that may be making us feel negative about ourselves, and provides skills to change negative, debilitating thoughts into positive, empowering thoughts. CBT can be learned easily with enough practice, and can help us and the children we raise and work with, to live healthier and happier lives. The following exercise is a simple strategy to empower kids to identify, challenge and control their thinking. The strategy is preceded by clear examples, followed by concrete and simple to follow instructions and templates that can be used across home and school settings. The General Overview: Child writes down their current negative thoughts in the thought bubbles provided Then, they use the subsequent page to write down their positive replacement thoughts They then cut out the positive replacement thoughts and glue the upper tab to the top portion of the negative thoughts (it will work like a flap). In the end, child will have negative thoughts, with flaps over top, containing the positive replacement thoughts They can use this tool to practice replacing negative thinking with positive thinking! Have fun with it! And, as usual, please feel free to leave a comment/feedback/suggestion to earn credits towards future purchases, and to allow me to continue to provide practical resources to my fellow educators. Thank you!

Many of our students have difficulties modulating and controlling the volume of their voices. This is especially true with our students who have issues with language, impulse control, and limited social awareness (e.g., language disorder, deaf/hard of hearing, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, FASD, etc.). This is a social story meant to help children to practice controlling the volume of their voice, across all settings, but particularly at school, and in the classroom. The social story consists of 13 pages of visual teaching of these concepts. It provides an overview of what Voice Volume looks like, from Not Talking at all, to Soft/Quiet, to Medium, to Loud and Extra Loud. This story explains that each volume level can be appropriate, but only in the right place and situation, and right time - providing examples of what this looks like. Included in the story is a VOICE VOLUME METER visual, that incorporates a 1-5 rating scale, and corresponding visuals and descriptors. This visual aid can be laminated and used in the classroom and at home, either on the wall or in a binder. It is in PDF format, and so can easily be printed and/or laminated. It is presented in a simple, fun and visual format, and can be used across all ages and developmental levels. I have personally used it in individual and group format, in regular elementary and special needs classrooms. I hope it helps you, help your students! And, please feel free to leave your review and feedback, as I am always striving to provide valuable resources to my fellow educators. Thank You!

Many of our students have difficulties managing their worries and anxiety. This is especially true with our students who are more on-edge and emotionally sensitive, as well as our students who have diagnoses such as: Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, FASD, and Communication disorders. This is a social story meant to help students manage their worry/anxiety in healthy ways. It provides an overview of what Worry and Anxiety looks like, and explains how a person may feel, and react when feeling anxious, and outlines effective and practical strategies to help them manage their worry/anxiety across all settings, but particularly at school, and in the classroom. The social story consists of 12 pages of visual teaching of these concepts, including specific breathing and worry strategies that can be cut out, laminated and used directly with students. It is in PDF format, and so can easily be printed and/or laminated. It is presented in a simple, fun and visual format, and can be used across all ages and developmental levels. I have personally used it in individual and group format, in regular elementary and special needs classrooms. I hope it helps you, help your students! And, please feel free to leave your review and feedback, as I am always striving to provide valuable resources to my fellow educators. Thank You!

Our students and children often struggle with managing their emotions and feelings, especially when these emotions are strong and overwhelming. It can be difficult to understand how to manage emotions in the midst of stress, and how to juggle more than one emotion at a time. This Social Story is meant to provide students with clear, step-by-step guidance and instruction around How to Manage Strong Emotions. This includes: A. Normalizing the experience of having strong emotions B. Examples of common emotions C. Examples of what being extremely excited, angry, and worried might look like, both mentally and physically D. Introducing effective strategies to Calm and Process strong emotions E. Offering space for the student to come up with their Own strategies F. Reinforcing the importance of learning this skill! This 11-page social story is in PDF format, and can be easily printed and laminated. It contains engaging visuals and developmentally appropriate language. It is best suited for elementary students (Gr. K-6) and students in special education/life skills classroom settings. As always, I encourage you to leave a review/feedback, so I may continue to provide practical resources to my fellow educators. Thank you!

The Social Story: Coping with Change, was created in order to help students and children to learn about what change means, and more importantly, to share effective and practical ways to cope with change in our lives. The story cites several examples of what change means, what change looks like (seasons, weather, time, family, friends, where we live, where we go to school, how we feel, our thoughts, looks, etc.), and how change can affect our daily life. It speaks to normalizing change and reinforces that change is normal and okay! The story discusses how some change is expected and planned, while other change is unexpected and sudden. It goes on to outline how change may cause us to feel and react, and how we can self-regulate in order to handle change effectively at home and school, or other setting. This 10-page social story is in PDF format, 8.5x11, and can be easily printed and laminated. It uses clear language and engaging visuals, and while tailored for elementary years, is suited to all developmental and grade levels, across regular and special education settings.

Sometimes our students struggle with the loss of a loved one. This Social Story: When Someone I Care About Dies, is meant to teach students about death and dying - in particular, losing someone they care about. The social story guides the student through the concept of death (in basic terms), what death means (being alive vs. not alive), what various feelings we can experience after a loved one’s death, and what we can do to help support ourselves. It also touches on the various beliefs around death, including the afterlife. It goes on to normalize these feelings and emphasize that the grief process is healthy and we can do this on our own time, and with the support of family and others who care for us. It is in PDF format (8.5 x 11 inches) and so can easily be printed and/or laminated. It is presented in a simple and visual format, and can be used across all ages and developmental levels. I have personally used it in individual and group format, in elementary and special needs junior high/high school classrooms. As always, please leave feedback/review so I may continue to provide practical and meaningful resources to my fellow educators. Thank you!

INSTANT DOWNLOAD | PRINTABLE WORKBOOK High-Quality PDF | 8.5"x11" Format How to Tame Your Worry Monster: An Anxiety Workbook This 30-page anxiety workbook was created to educate and support children and youth with managing their worries and anxiety in a fun, creative, and engaging way. It may be used independently or with guidance from an adult. We hope it offers some strategies and a glimmer of hope to anyone who uses it. What You Will Receive: 30-Page Digital Workbook High-Resolution Colour PDF 8.5"x11" Format for Easy Printing This is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. You WILL NOT receive a physical product. How to Download: A. Download the PDF file B. Print at home, or C. Use a local print/copy shop to print for you, or D. Upload to an online printing service to have the prints delivered to your door E. Bind or staple, or place in duotang or folder PERSONAL NOTE: We love what we do, and do our best to provide a wide variety of options, fun products, and flexibility in printing our digital files, all in attempts to make your life easier! Please provide your feedback, so we may continue to offer worthwhile products! Thank you.