Social stories for preschoolers 😀
Last week my son who is nearly 4 started Kindy he was quite against the idea of me leaving him and told me he was going to cry allot if I did, so we were expecting the worst.
I decided to help him by making him a social story book about going to kindy.
On the Thursday we went for a visit and took loads of photos of all the fun and new things he would be doing at kindy and stayed for a short play.
That afternoon I created his special ” Kindy Book ” with all the photos I had taken earlier in the day as well as a story explaining the fun things he would be doing. I also identified the fact that he would be sad but that’s ok as mummy would be coming back.
We read his story twice that day as well as at bed time, the next morning we than took the story with us to kindy and read it together just before I was due to leave him.
When I left at Kindy there was a few small tears, however within a few min he was off playing happily.
I really believe these stories help immensely with all the transitions and changes that toddlers and young children encounter. I have been able to adapt the story books to help quite a few clients with all sorts of issues.
Above is my sweet boy reading his story this morning. 😍
As you well know, you gave me this fabulous idea which helped my sweet angel who was 18 months at the time deal with my unexpected hospital visit. This is a must for all kids.
What a great idea! I find with one of my kids that the more preparation and aware of the situations the more comfortable they are. One of my kids is totally happy in any new environment but some kids need a little more reassurance and that is so great that the book helped. It would have made him far more comfortable on what was happening! Great idea!