Help children understand new situations, routines and changes with short, personal stories they can read again and again. This printable pack has everything you need to plan, write, illustrate and review a picture story, one small step at a time.
Each story is built from six colour-coded sentence types: descriptive, perspective, directive, affirmative, cooperative and self-regulation. Together they explain what happens, how other people might feel, what the child can try, who can help, and how the child can stay calm.
What’s included
- Cover page with a contents list, a five-step guide and a colour key
- Planning sheet for the situation, the setting, the steps, what might feel tricky, what helps, and notes about the reader
- Sentence type guide with what each type does, starters to try, and an example for each
- Story page with six colour-coded, numbered panels
- Story page with four larger panels and a tick-box for the sentence type
- Story page with one big panel and wide lines, for early readers and writers
- “First, next, then, last” page for routines and step-by-step events
- Worked example, “Getting My Hair Cut”, showing all six sentence types in use
- 18 cut-out sentence starter cards (print on card and laminate to reuse)
- A checklist to use before sharing, a reading log and a “what to change next time” box
Great for
- Preparing for new experiences, such as haircuts, appointments, trips or a new class
- Explaining changes to routine
- Building independence and coping strategies
- Classrooms, therapy sessions and use at home
Features
- Clean, uncluttered design with calm pastel colours
- Easy-to-read Atkinson Hyperlegible font, designed for legibility
- Picture spaces for drawings, photos or symbols
- Encourages positive, literal, first-person language
- Prints well in colour or greyscale on A4
