Library · Playing with Siblings
when the answer is "not yet".
A brother building a tower, a sister who wants in, a grabbed piece, a shout. Vivi turns that moment into a narrated, animated story your child stars in: how to ask for a part in the game, and what to do when the answer is not yet.
Who it helps
For children who grab, interrupt or melt down when a sibling will not let them in, and for the sibling on the other side of it. Autistic children who find turn-taking and hearing a "no" hard often do better with a script they have seen before, and that is what a social story gives them.
Both children get a voice in the story. Nobody is made to share everything.
Wanting in
A sibling is building something, and your child wants to join right now.
Not yet
The sibling says not yet. Your child feels left out, and a hand reaches for a piece.
Asking for a part
With a parent's help, your child asks to add one piece or take a small role, and the sibling agrees on which.
Playing, or something else
Your child adds their part to the building. If the sibling needs time alone, there is another game to go to.
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
Not in the middle of a fight. Watch it on a calm afternoon, and again before playtime on days when the two of them are already scratchy with each other.
Yes. Tell Vivi their names, who is older, and what they usually build or play, and read every page before it is animated. Ask for changes in plain words.
Give them a short way to ask, help both children agree on a small role, and name a second activity for when the answer is no. A social story with your child as the main character shows the whole sequence, including the no, so it is not a surprise.
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 Playing with Siblings, 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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