Library · Getting Ready in the Morning
one step at a time, two shirts to choose from.
The clock, the shirt that will not go on, the shoes, a game that is more interesting than any of it. Vivi turns a school morning into a narrated, animated story your child stars in, with a few clear steps and a choice at each one.
Who it helps
For children who get stuck when asked to do several things at once, who keep playing through every reminder, or who freeze at one tricky fastener. Parents of autistic children and children with attention differences often use a social story like this alongside a picture routine on the wall.
Clothes stay on or in hand in every picture. The story is about the steps, not about hurrying.
Morning starts
Waking up, a parent nearby, and the short list of what comes before leaving the house.
Stuck on a step
Too many instructions, a button that will not do up, a game that is hard to leave. The story shows the stuck feeling is normal.
Two choices and some help
This shirt or that one. A picture routine to follow. A parent who helps with the tricky bit, without taking over.
Shoes on, out the door
The last step done, and the good feeling of finishing, whatever the clock says.
Yours, not ours. These are the moments a story like this usually walks through. You choose what goes into your child's, and read every page before it is animated.
Questions parents ask
The evening before, as part of winding down, and on weekend mornings when there is no rush. Watching it on a hurried school morning tends to add one more thing to the list.
Yes. Tell Vivi which steps you use, where your child gets stuck, what the two choices are, and whether one parent or both are home. You read every page before it is animated and ask for changes in plain words.
Cut the morning to a few steps, give one instruction at a time, and offer two options instead of an open question. A social story with your child as the main character shows those steps in order, so the real morning follows a sequence they have already seen.
Your first story is free in your first 30 days. After that you buy credits: 3 for $9, 10 for $26 or 30 for $66. A story is 1 credit, and a Fully Animated story is 10 more. Your first routine, Choose-Along and plan are free, then 1 credit each. Bought credits never expire.
Your first story is free. Set up your child, start from Getting Ready in the Morning, and watch it together before bed.
Vivi Kids is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Carol Gray or Team Social Stories.
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