Library · When Someone Asks Me to Do Something
one step at a time.
"Put the crayons away, clear the table, wash your hands, and sit down for snack." Four things at once, and your child is still on the first. Vivi turns that into a narrated, animated story your child stars in: one step, then asking what comes next.
Who it helps
For children who freeze or wander off when an instruction has too many parts, and who get called stubborn when they are actually lost. Many autistic children and children with language or attention differences do far better with one step at a time, and a social story shows them how to ask for it.
The story is about understanding an everyday task, not about obeying. Asking "what next?" is the skill.
Too much at once
The teacher says several things, and your child hears a blur. They stay where they are.
One step
The teacher gives one clear step, like crayons in the box, and waits. A picture card helps.
What comes next?
Crayons away, your child asks what to do next, and gets one more step.
Snack time
Table cleared, hands washed, sitting down with everyone. The task is finished.
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
At home a few times a week, and before the start of a new class or a new routine. If mornings are the hard part, watch it at breakfast.
Yes. Tell Vivi the routine, at school or at home, and the words the adult uses, and read every page before it is animated. Ask for changes in plain words.
Give one step, wait, and add a visual cue, and teach them that asking what comes next is allowed. A social story where your child is the main character shows the same task broken into pieces, so the real one feels familiar.
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 When Someone Asks Me to Do Something, 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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